Author: Trevor Hallifax

Vizalma Built 1940 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
Ordered by Atlas before the outbreak of the World War II but requisitioned before completion as a minesweeper
08/1941 Transferred to the Iceland Command for Russian Convoys
12/1945 Returned to owners
09/1949 Converted to an oil-burning trawler

Her Details are

• Official Number 166636
• Yard Number 656 
• Admiralty Number FY 286
• GT 608 NT 205 
• Dimensions 178.1 x 30 x 15.2 
• Quarter deck 92 Foc’sle 34 
• Engines Charles D. Holmes 165 NHP 12 Knots  

Scrapped at Dunston 11/1964 

Viviana Built 1936 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
10/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper Based at Grimsby Ungrouped
1943 Transferred to the South African Station and based at Durban for convoy escorts
05/1946 Returned to owners 

Her Details are

• Official Number 164410
• Yard Number 1157
• Admiralty Number FY 238
• GT 455 NT 219
• Dimensions 158.8 x 26.6 x 14.2
• Quarter deck 86 Foc’sle 25
• Engines 114 HP

Scrapped 12/1962

Visenda Built 04/1937 by Cook Welton & Gemmel for Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
08/1939 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel
Based at Kirkwall for contraband control and anti-submarine patrols
02/1946 Returned to owners
29/10/1946 My Grandfather signed on as a Deck Hand and stayed until 25/11/1946

Her Details Are

• Official number 164421
• Yard Number 627
• Admiralty Number FY 138
• Armament 1-4 Pdr
• GT 455 NT 185
• Dimensions 161.6 x 27.2 x 14.2
• Quarter Deck 87 Foc’sle 30
• Engines Charles D. Holmes 120 NHP 12 Knots

Scrapped in Belgium 02/1959