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Venture GY 66

Venture built 1905 Cochrane & Sons Selby for William H. S. Doughty & F. Bacon Grimsby
05/1905 Registered to F. Bacon Grimsby
01/1909 William H. S. Doughty & F. Bacon Grimsby
06/1912 Sold to W. Barton & F. Bacon Grimsby
11/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned
11/1939 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel 
01/1940 Renamed Dasher 
02/1940 Returned to owners 
04/1944 Requisitioned as an Esso fuel carrier
11/1944 Returned to owners 
04/1952 Bought by Alfred Bannister Grimsby 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 122686
  • Yard Number 340
  • Admiralty Number FY 692 FY 715
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 193 NT 58
  • Dimensions 115.3 x 21 x 10.9
  • Quarter deck 63 Foc’sle 21
  • Engines 60 HP 

Scrapped 04/1956