Yesso built 1911 for H L Taylor for Henry Lewis Taylor Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
09/02/1917 North Sea Skipper Arthur George
Mined at 0930 laid by UC.29 Ernst Rosenow, sank off Aberdeen 57.10N 02W about 1/2mile NE of girdleness Aberdeen
7 ratings lost 6 survivors picked up by other trawlers
Surname | Forenames | Age at Death | Date of death | Rank | Boat |
MORRISON | DAVID | Unknown | 09/02/1917 | Trimmer | H.M. Trawler Yesso |
PALMER | LESLIE | 17 | 09/02/1917 | Signalman | H.M. Trawler Yesso |
McLEOD | JOHN | 46 | 09/02/1917 | Leading Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler Yesso |
RENNIE | Unknown | 09/02/1917 | Engineman | H.M. Trawler Yesso | |
McKAY | JOSEPH STEWART DAVIDSON | Unknown | 09/02/1917 | Trimmer | H.M. Trawler Yesso |
MACLEAN | JOHN | 27 | 09/02/1917 | Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler Yesso |
HENDERSON | JAMES | 29 | 09/02/1917 | Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler Yesso |
Her Details are
- Official Number 132097
- Yard Number 477
- Admiralty Number FY 166
- Armament 1-6pdr
- GT 229 NT 118
- Quarter deck 66
- Dimensions 119.2 x 22 x 11.5
09/02/1917 Sunk by mine off Aberdeen whilst in Admiralty Service