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George Aunger GY 285

George Aunger Built 1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1935 Renamed Sandham 
06/1938 Sold to W. Butt Grimsby 
07/1938 Sold to the Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Burke 
13/09/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
Served in the North Atlantic Command. 
1944 Converted to a wreck dispersal vessel 
1946 Returned to owners

Her Details are

  • Official Number 160996
  • Yard Number 554
  • Admiralty Number FY 605
  • GT 363 NT 173
  • Dimensions 145.9 x 24.2 x 13.11
  • Quarter deck 76 Foc’sle 21
  • Engines Amos & Smith 91 NHP 10.9 knots 

16/07/1955 Sold for scrap to B. J. Nijkirk FY. S/A Belgium and broken up at Antwerp