{"id":3269,"date":"2020-07-03T14:51:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T13:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:43:45","slug":"fortuna-gy-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/fortuna-gy-140\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortuna GY 140"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fortuna&nbsp;Built&nbsp;1906&nbsp;by Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell for A Black Grimsby  <br>16\/06\/1909 Sold to the South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby <br>05\/05\/1913&nbsp;Bought by Thomas W. Baskcomb Grimsby <br>27\/09\/1915&nbsp;Sold to the Spurn Steam Trawling Co Grimsby<br>10\/1915 owned by Spurn Steam Fishing Co <br>29\/11\/1916&nbsp;Bought by George F. Sleight Grimsby <br>1917&nbsp;Requisitioned as a fishing trawler Fishery Reserve&nbsp; <br>1919&nbsp;Returned to commercial fishing<br>12\/12\/1929 Crew J H Foster Lost  <br>28\/11\/1933&nbsp;Sold to the Dobson Ship Repair Co Ltd Grimsby<br>11\/06\/1940&nbsp;Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-L-Black-Grimsby.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20496\" style=\"width:159px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-L-Black-Grimsby.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-L-Black-Grimsby-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-L-Black-Grimsby-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1907_06_24_FORTUNA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20495\" style=\"width:306px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1907_06_24_FORTUNA.jpg 774w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1907_06_24_FORTUNA-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1907_06_24_FORTUNA-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1536x1104.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-2048x1472.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1200x863.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1980x1423.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Surname<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Forename<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Age At Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Date Of Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Boat<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>JONES<\/td><td>HENRY<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NICHOLSON<\/td><td>WILLIAM EDWARD<\/td><td>62<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Engineman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WHYTE<\/td><td>GILBERT<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CHARLTON<\/td><td>WILLIAM TODD MATTHEWS<\/td><td>37<\/td><td>02\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Skipper<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FEENEY<\/td><td>EDWARD VICTOR<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Stoker<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HALL<\/td><td>GEORGE OLIVER<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Stoker<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WINSOR<\/td><td>STANLEY GEORGE<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PHILLIPS<\/td><td>SIDNEY<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Stoker<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ROBSON<\/td><td>EDWARD<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Engineman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WRIGHT<\/td><td>JOSIAH VICTOR<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BRUCE<\/td><td>ADAM HUBERT MURRAY<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FOOTE<\/td><td>SAMUEL EDWARD<\/td><td>33<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Second Hand<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HARRIS<\/td><td>ERNEST EDWARD<\/td><td>32<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GLYDE<\/td><td>LAWRENCE ERIC<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SMITH<\/td><td>WILLIAM JAMES<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>05\/04\/1941<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Fortuna.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-1536x1103.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-2048x1471.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-1200x862.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Fortuna-GY-140-1-1980x1422.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Her Details are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Official Number\u00a0123567\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yard Number 108<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GT 259 NT 111\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dimensions 128.4 x 22 x 11.8\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quarter deck 68\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engines Charles D. Holmes 63 NHP 10.75 knots\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunk by German aircraft off St. Abb\u2019s Head 03\/04\/1941 All of her crew were lost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortuna&nbsp;Built&nbsp;1906&nbsp;by Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell for A Black Grimsby 16\/06\/1909 Sold to the South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 05\/05\/1913&nbsp;Bought by Thomas W. Baskcomb Grimsby 27\/09\/1915&nbsp;Sold to the Spurn Steam Trawling Co Grimsby10\/1915 owned by Spurn Steam Fishing Co 29\/11\/1916&nbsp;Bought by George F. Sleight Grimsby 1917&nbsp;Requisitioned as a fishing trawler Fishery Reserve&nbsp; 1919&nbsp;Returned to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[553,1817],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-gy-140","tag-ww2-1941-04-03"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Trevor Hallifax","author_link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/grimsbytrawlers\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/uncategorised\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorised<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorised<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/uncategorised\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">gy-140<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/uncategorised\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ww2-1941-04-03<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">gy-140<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ww2-1941-04-03<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 9 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 3 July 2020","modified":"Updated on 28 July 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 3 July 2020 2:51 pm","modified":"Updated on 28 July 2025 8:43 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20498,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions\/20498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}