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Prince Palatine GY 116

Prince Palatine Built 1914 Cochrane & Sons Selby For Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull 
1914 Hired by the Admiralty
09/1918 Bought by J. Mordaunt brought to Grimsby registered as GY 86
10/1918 Bought by L. Kaminski 
01/1920 Bought by the Equitable Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
04/1923 Transferred to Newport
11/1924 Bought by the Equitable Steam Fishing Co brought back to Grimsby registered GY 116
08/1925 Renamed Lord Darling 
08/1928 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd 
23/08/1940 Hired by the Admiralty as a minesweeper 
04/1943 Bought by J. Bennett
01/1946 Sold to new owners in Fleetwood 
10/1948 Bought by Wharfedale Trawlers Grimsby 
11/1948 Sold to Fairfield Fishing Co Ltd Dundee
11/1950 Bought by Onward Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1950 Renamed Virginian 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 136189
  • Yard Number 597 
  • Call Sign MFDW
  • GT 256 NT 100 
  • Dimensions 123.5 x 22.5 x 12.2 
  • Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 20 
  • Engines Triple expansion 12¾, 22, 35 x 24in 70NHP by C D Holmes & Co Ltd Hull 

Scrapped in 06/1961