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Author: Trevor Hallifax
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Catania GY 737
Catania Built 11/02/1895 Edwards Bros North Shields for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
07/1898 Bought by J. Edwards
01/1899 Sold to owners in Hartlepool
Bought by owners in Holland
Her Details are
- Official Number 104193
- Yard Number 497
- GT 127 NT 44
- Dimensions 96.7 x 20.2 x 10.5
- Quarter Deck 18 Foc’sle 18
Lost in 1916
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Catania GY 1216
Catania Built 1901 Watson & Bird Hull for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1908 Bought by owners in Denmark where she became Svendborg
07/1910 Back to Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
Renamed Calvinia Registered as GY 559
01/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
03/1918 Sold to W. Doughty Grimsby
1919 Returned to owners
03/1924 Bought by the Gorspen Steam Trawling Co Aberdeen
01/1940 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
01/1945 Returned to owners
Her Details are
- Official Number 113221
- Admiralty Number FY 1850 FY 734
- Armament 1-6pdr AA
- GT 197 NT 69
- Dimensions 111 x 21 x 11
- Quarter deck 46 Foc’sle 21
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Catalus GY 461
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Catalonia GY 466
Catalonia Built 15/01/1898 Edwards Bros North Shields for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
10/1904 Bought by owners in Norway Renamed her Sobjornen
Bought by owners in Holland where she became Elie Cheneviere
Her Details are
- Official Number 108492
- Yard Number 570
- GT 148 NT 55
- Dimensions 104.7 x 20.5 x 10.8
- Quarter Deck 18 Foc’sle 19
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Castor GY 963
Castor built 22/01/1916 Cochrane & Son Selby for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd Grimsby
09/1916 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
03/1917 Renamed Castor II
08/1921 Bought by the Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
10/1943 Sold to owners in Fleetwood
07/05/1946 Bought by the Polish Government to help provide food for the country
The vessel sailed from Grimsby for a fishing trip which she would land at Gdynia in the Baltic
Her details are
- Official Number 118983
- Yard Number 670
- Admiralty Number 2960
- Armament 1-12pdr
- GT 209 NT 91
- Quarter Deck 67 Foc’sle 18
- Dimensions 115.8 x 21.5 x 11.6
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Castor GY 1183
Castor Built 16/06/1900 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd Grimsby
Her Details are
- Official Number 113188
- Yard Number 213
- GT 182 NT 58
- Quarter Deck 49 Foc’sle 19
- Dimensions 108.5 x 20.7 x 10.7
09/06/1915 Sunk by U Boat 85 miles N E by N of Spurn Point
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Castor GY 453
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Castleton GY 449
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| Surname | Forenames | Age at Death | Date of Death | Rank | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE | JOHN THOMAS | 37 | 28/06/1940 | Deck Hand | Castleton |
| HUBBARD | THOMAS GEORGE | 50 | 28/06/1940 | Third Hand | Castleton |
| DILLON | CHARLES JAMES | 45 | 28/06/1940 | Deck Hand | Castleton |
| COOK | HENRY GEORGE | 56 | 28/06/1940 | Second Engineer | Castleton |
| STEWART | WILLIAM | 53 | 28/06/1940 | Chief Engineer | Castleton |
| OSBORNE | LESLIE ALBERT | 19 | 28/06/1940 | Trimmer | Castleton |
| SIBLEY | WALTER | 43 | 28/06/1940 | Skipper | Castleton |
| WEBB | JOHN ALLEN | 45 | 28/06/1940 | Mate | Castleton |
| WHITE | ALEXANDER C McC | 64 | 28/06/1940 | Cook | Castleton |
28/06/1940 Missing presumed Torpedoed in the Orkneys area
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Cassowary GY 634
Cassowary built 24/03/1898 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for T. Baskcomb Grimsby
03/1909 Boat was Lengthened by W H Warren New Holland to 122′.4″
30/04/1909 Re registered as a Fishing Trawler
23/04/1914 Sold to Mary A Bascomb, Thomas Bascomb, John Store & Herbert Crabtree Grimsby
10/1914 To M. A. Baskcomb Grimsby
11/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
19/10/1915 Sold To T. Baskcomb Ltd Grimsby
1919 Returned
12/07/1933 Sold to the Amalgamated Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
02/1935 To H. A. Baskcomb Grimsby
12/1935 Sold for Breaking up
Her details are
- Official Number 109527
- Admiralty Number 806
- Armament 1-6pdr
- GT 222 NT 76
- Quarter Deck 46 Foc’sle 20
- Dimensions 114 x 21 x 11.5
- Engines C D Holmes 60rhp 3 cyl
Scrapped in 12/1935