Orpheus built 15/07/1905 Cochranes of Selby for E Bacon & Co Grimsby GY 74
11/1906 sold to Dolphin Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
09/1915 Sold to Arctic Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1915 Renamed Orpheus II
1919 Returned and reverted to Orpheus GY 74
27/06/1940 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper based at Great Yarmouth with M/S Group 146
01/1946 Returned
1961 Sold to Ijssel N V Heuvelman Holland for Breaking
Her Details are
- Official Number 122695
- Yard Number 339
- Admiralty Number FY 41, FY 1780
- Armament 1-6pdr AA
- GT 228 NT 91
- Dimensions 120.0 x 21.6 x 11.5
- Engines Amos & Smith 69 rhp 3 cyl 10.5 knots
20/03/1961 Arrived New Waterway for Breaking at Krimpen