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Le Tiger GY 398

Le Tiger Built 27/02/1937 Cochrane & Sons Selby For Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1939 Bought by the Admiralty as an anti-submarine vessel 
03/1942 lent to the United States Navy with her crew to operate off the US East coast under USN control 
03/07/1942 Sank U215 on the  while taking survivors from a torpedoed vessel to a nearby harbour
07/1946 Acquired by the Hull Ice Co. 
11/1946 Sold to the Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
07/1947 Renamed Regal 
09/1948 Bought by owners in Hull renamed Othello 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 164424
  • Yard Number 1180 
  • Admiralty Number FY 243 
  • Armament 1-4pdr
  • GT 516 NT 285 
  • Dimensions 173.2 x 28.6 x 14.7 
  • Quarter deck 89 Foc’sle 37 
  • Engines 156 HP 12 knots

Scrapped Ghent, Belgium 1963