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Vinur GY 249

Vinur Built 1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
Originally built to the order of Little & Olgeirrsson but was sold before completed 
04/1936 Renamed British 
27/08/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
1942 Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd Grimsby
11/01/1946 Returned to owners
1954 Sold to Wyre Steam Trawlers Ltd Fleetwood registered as FD 24 renamed Wyre British
1957 Sold for scrap to Van Heyghen Freres Belgium

Her Details are

  • Official Number 160993
  • Yard Number 547
  • Admiralty Number FY 506
  • GT 406 NT 161
  • Dimensions 142.7 x 25.1 x 14.1
  • Quarter deck 79 Foc’sle 25
  • Engines Amos & Smith 99 NHP 10.9 Knots

Arrived at Ghent for scrapping 19/10/1957