Cardiff Built 02/11/1896 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Hagerup Doughty & Co Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co
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09/06/1915 Sunk by U Boat 90 miles N E by E of Spurn Point
Carbineer II Built 01/02/1915 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for The Admiralty as Military Class trawler Fusilier
11/12/1914 The Admiralty purchased the vessel whilst she was still under construction
1919 Renamed as Carbineer II
26/02/1920 Acquired by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
09/1927 Registered with Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
05/1940 Requisitioned as an APV, Later converted to a BDV
04/1942 Bought by J Bennett
05/1940 To Admiralty service as Auxiliary Patrol vessel and Boom Defence vessel
07/1946 Returned to owners
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Carbill built 1917 Cochrane & Son Selby for H. Smethurst Grimsby
Requisitioned 08/1917 as a minesweeper
Returned 1919
05/1924 Sold to Sir Alec Black Grimsby
06/1924 Bought by J. Smethurst Grimsby
05/1935 Sold to owners in Aberdeen
Served in WW2 as Hoverfly
04/1946 Went to Humber Trawlers Grimsby renamed Euryalus GY 245
04/1951 Sold to owners in Aberdeen
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Captain Pollen Built 1917 A Hall Aberdeen for Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1917 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
03/1918 Sold to the Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
1919 Returned to owners
01/1919 Acquired by A. V. Cole Cheltenham
03/1920 Bought by owners in Scarborough Sold to owners in Belgium and renamed Prevoyance Sociale
Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Aberdeen renamed Avonglen A 383
08/1940 Requisitioned converted for the Examination Service
08/1946 Returned to owners
Served as AVONGLEN in WW2.
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Scrapped in 1959
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Capricornus built 06/1898 Edward Brothers of North Shields for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fisheries
She was captured by torpedo boat 85 miles E by N from Spurn The crew made prisoners
Information supplied by Brian of Warsailors.com
Light Cruisers Rostock and Strassburg made a foray in the area of the Doggerbank between 21-22/08 with the units of the 6th TB Flotilla and captured 8 British trawlers fishing in the area
Unfortunately the German official history Der Krieg zur See vol I Nordsee bis Anfang 09/1914 only mentions some of the TBs involved V.152, V.154, V.158 and V.160
It states clearly that GY 750 from Grimsby was stopped @ 0825 hrs in the vicinity of CL Strassburg by TB V.152
Information on V.152 launched 11/10/1907 Built at A.G. Vulcan Stettin 558 ts Dimensions 238 x 25½ x 10 ft Engines 2-shaft VTE 10.900 IHP coal fired
Armament 2 x 88 mm guns 3 x 450 mm TT Crewed by 83
Renumbered S.152 on 24/9/17 Stricken 31/3/31 and scrapped 1935
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Captured and sunk by torpedo boat about 85 miles E by N of Spurn Point 22/08/1914
Capricornus Built 08/08/1889 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Grimsby
12/1899 Sold to owners in France who renamed her as St. George
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Lost in 1907
Capricornus built 11/11/1916 Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Grimsby
04/1917 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned to owners
08/1921 Sold to Trawlers White Sea & Grimsby Grimsby
01/1932 Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd Grimsby
11/1939 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel 1940 Converted to a minesweeper
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Sunk by mine off southeast England whilst on Admiralty service 07/12/1940
Cape Finisterre Built 21/10/1941 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for The Admiralty as Hills Class trawler Yes Tor T 222
10/04/1946 Sold to Hudson Bros Ltd Hull who renamed her Cape Cleveland registered as H 355
12/11/1947 Sold to Clyde Trawlers Ltd Hull and renamed as Stella Carina
05/09/1949 Bought by Hudson Bros Ltd Hull and renamed Cape Finisterre
24/01/1952 Sold to the Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
02/1952 Renamed as Dragoon and registered as GY 222
23/06/1960 Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd Fleetwood registered as FD 60
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Arrived at Troon on the 18/12/1966 to be broken up
Cape Barracouta Built 26/06/1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Christensen & Co Ltd Hull as Leonidas H 267
1937 The vessel was lengthened to 151.5 feet 390 gross tons at Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough
17/05/1938 Sold to the Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull who renamed her as Cape Barracouta
26/08/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
30/10/1939 Returned to owners
03/06/1940 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel
24/01/1945 Sold to Hudson Bros Trawlers Ltd Hull
17/08/1946 Returned to owners
28/04/1947 Bought by Trawlers Grimsby Ltd and registered as GY 479
1948 Sold to Heward Trawlers Fleetwood renamed New Prince FD 471
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Left Fleetwood on 18/06/1959 for Ghent to be broken up