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Yesso GY 600

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

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of deathRankBoat
MORRISONDAVIDUnknown09/02/1917TrimmerH.M. Trawler Yesso
PALMERLESLIE1709/02/1917SignalmanH.M. Trawler Yesso
McLEODJOHN4609/02/1917Leading Deck HandH.M. Trawler Yesso
RENNIEUnknown09/02/1917EnginemanH.M. Trawler Yesso
McKAYJOSEPH STEWART DAVIDSONUnknown09/02/1917TrimmerH.M. Trawler Yesso
MACLEANJOHN2709/02/1917Deck HandH.M. Trawler Yesso
HENDERSONJAMES2909/02/1917Deck HandH.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