{"id":3292,"date":"2020-07-03T14:58:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T13:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2024-02-19T20:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:23:15","slug":"franc-tireur-gy-1041","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/franc-tireur-gy-1041\/","title":{"rendered":"Franc Tireur GY 1041"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Franc Tireur built 1916 Cochrane &amp; Sons Selby for Consolidated Steam Fishing &amp; Ice Co Grimsby<br>06\/1917 Requisitioned as a minesweeper then escort vessel<br>1919 Returned\u00a0<br>09\/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby\u00a0<br>05\/1940 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel &amp; minesweeper\u00a0<br>04\/1942 Sold to J Bennett\u00a0<br>25\/09\/1943 Sunk by E-Boat S 96 whilst on Admiralty service Position of the sinking was about 4 cables south of No 52 Buoy North Sea<br>a Translation of the E Boat report Reads<br>24.\u2013 30.9.1943<br>North Sea<br>Mining company &#8220;test piece&#8221; of the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th S-Flotilla with 29 boats during the night of September 24\/25. before Harwich and Orfordness. 120 mines are thrown. During combat, S 96 (Lt.z. Sander) sinks the British trawler Franctireur, but is rammed by the British ML 145 and has to be abandoned. 3 British engine launches are damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Jan Olof of warsailors for the information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Franc-Tireur-GY-1041-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Franc-Tireur-GY-1041-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Franc-Tireur-GY-1041-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Franc-Tireur-GY-1041-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Franc-Tireur-GY-1041-1536x993.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Franc-Tireur-GY-1041-1200x775.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Franc-Tireur-GY-1041.jpg 1902w\" 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>EDWARDS<\/td><td>ERNEST WILLIAM<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Stoker<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EVELEIGH<\/td><td>MALCOLM SYDNEY<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FARROW<\/td><td>CYRIL<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Chief Engineman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CRAIG<\/td><td>ROBERT<\/td><td>39<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FENTON<\/td><td>JAMES BROOMFIELD ROBINSON<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BOYD<\/td><td>WILLIAM HUNTER<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Lieutenant<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BRETTON<\/td><td>GEORGE<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Engineman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ALLEN<\/td><td>WILLIAM<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Leading Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>McCRORIE<\/td><td>HUGHES MCDINES<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MILTON<\/td><td>ALFRED HORACE<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Stoker<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NOBLE<\/td><td>JOHN TINLINE<\/td><td>33<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Engineman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TYE<\/td><td>THOMAS STANLEY<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MOSELEY<\/td><td>WILLIAM GEORGE<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Stoker 2nd Class<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEWSON<\/td><td>JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN<\/td><td>33<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>THOMAS<\/td><td>ROY GRETTON<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>25\/09\/1943<\/td><td>Cook<\/td><td>H.M. Trawler Franc Tireur.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her Details are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Official Number 139945<\/li><li>Yard Number 682<\/li><li>Call Sign GNYZ<\/li><li>Admiralty Number FY 1270 FY 4.70<\/li><li>Armament 1-12pdr<\/li><li>GT 314 NT 162<\/li><li>Quarter deck 74 Foc&#8217;sle 21<\/li><li>Dimensions 137 x 24 x 12.8<\/li><li>Engines Triple expansion 13, 23, 37 in x 26 in 86 NHP by Cooper &amp; Greig Ltd Dundee<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lost 25\/09\/1943 Sunk by E-Boat S 96 whilst on Admiralty service <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franc Tireur built 1916 Cochrane &amp; Sons Selby for Consolidated Steam Fishing &amp; Ice Co Grimsby06\/1917 Requisitioned as a minesweeper then escort vessel1919 Returned\u00a009\/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby\u00a005\/1940 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel &amp; minesweeper\u00a004\/1942 Sold to J Bennett\u00a025\/09\/1943 Sunk by E-Boat S 96 whilst on Admiralty service Position of the sinking [&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":[1845,1846],"class_list":["post-3292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-gy-1041","tag-ww2-1943-09-25"],"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-1041<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/uncategorised\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ww2-1943-09-25<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">gy-1041<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ww2-1943-09-25<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 3 July 2020","modified":"Updated on 19 February 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 3 July 2020 2:58 pm","modified":"Updated on 19 February 2024 8:23 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292","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=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19634,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions\/19634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}