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Cape Barfleur GY 16

Cape Barfleur Built 08/06/1936 Cochrane & Sons Selby for East Riding Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Hull as Quantock Name changed to Cape Barfleur
02/1949 Sold to H. Croft Baker Grimsby and registered as GY 16
03/1949 Name changed to Edward East 
01/1957 Acquired by D. Roberts Fishing Co 
07/1957 Name changed to Ashanti 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 164940
  • Yard Number 1166
  • GT 441 NT 171 
  • Dimensions 156 x 26.1 x 14.1 
  • Quarter deck 85 Foc’sle 24 

Sent to Belgium 12/1960 presumably for scrapping

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Cantatrice GY 469

Cantatrice built 04/02/1915 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for William J. Barrett Grimsby
07/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper


Her Details are

  • Official Number 137022
  • Yard Number 317 
  • Admiralty Number FY 3205
  • GT 302 NT 124 
  • Dimensions 132 x 23.2 x 12.6 
  • Quarter deck 72 
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 82 NHP 10½ knots 

Sank after hitting a mine near Yarmouth on the 05/11/1916 The mine was laid by UC18 on the 25/10/1916

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Cancer GY 1182

Cancer Built 16/06/1900 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Grimsby

Her Details are

  • Official Number 113187 
  • Yard Number 212 
  • GT 183 NT 58 
  • Dimensions 108.9 x 20.7 x 10.7 
  • Quarter deck 49 Foc’sle 19

Captured by a torpedo boat in the North Sea 13/04/1915

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Cancer GY 890

Cancer Built 1882 T. Charlton Grimsby for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fishing Co Grimsby  04/1899 To Norway 


Her Details are

  • Official Number 87758
  • GT 126 NT 74 
  • Dimensions 96 x 20.3 x 10.2 

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Cancer GY 918

Cancer built 09/12/1915 Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd Goole for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Grimsby
08/1916 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
1919 Returned to owners
08/1921 Sold to the Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
09/1929 Bought by owners in Leith 
02/1936 Sold to Granton renamed Invertay Registered as GN 49
Bought by G. R. Cook Edinburgh
08/1940 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
06/1946 Sold to owners in St. Anne’s 
07/1946 Returned to owners 
09/1950 Bought by Sir Thomas Robinson & Son Grimsby 
10/03/1961 Lost in thick fog following a collision with the Franz Schau 190 miles off the Humber at 1.20am
The trawler sank almost immediately but her 10-man crew managed to abandon ship before the Invertay went down 
The Franz Schau mounted an immediate search for the crew and fears grew for their safety when they couldn’t be found, However a second German trawler the Grundmann then radioed in to say she had found the Invertay’s crew and they were safely aboard 
The men including the Invertay’s skipper Mr A. Osborne were transferred to the brand new Bannister trawler Saxon Progress which was on her maiden voyage and landed them back in Grimsby the following day


Her details are 

  • Official Number 138971
  • Yard Number 176
  • Admiralty Number FY 2957 FY 1748
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • GT 230 NT 107
  • Quarter deck 67
  • Dimensions 120.2 x 22 x 12.1
  • Engines 76 HP

Lost 10/03/1961

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Canadian GY 290

Canadian Built 05/09/1907 Smiths Dock Co Ltd North Shields for Great Grimsby Albion Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
02/1911 Sold to owners in Denmark 
Sold to owners in Iceland where she became Snorri Godi 
Sold to owners in Spain and renamed Mercedes 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 125082
  • Yard Number 354 
  • GT 244 NT 110 
  • Dimensions 125.2 x 22.1 x 11.7 
  • Quarter deck 69 Foc’sle 19 

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Canadian GY 392

Canadian Built 31/08/1891 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd Middlesbrough for Great Grimsby Albion Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby


Her Details are

  • Official Number 99188
  • Yard Number 349 
  • GT 134 NT 48
  • Dimensions 96.5 x 20.3 x 10.7 
  • Quarter deck 20 Foc’sle 19 

13/06/1902 Sank after Collision with S.T. GAMECOCK of Hull 75 miles E of Spurn Point

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Canada GY 458

Canada Built 14/04/1892 Cochrane Cooper & Schofield Beverley for International Steam Trawling Co. Ltd Grimsby
18/05/1892 Registered as GY 458
1902 Sold to North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
01/1912 Bought by the British Columbia Fishing Co. Ltd Canada 
09/1916 Moved to Canada
1920 Sold to Canadian Fishing Vancouver
1926 Sold to International Towing Co Ltd Vancouver converted to a Tug
1939 Sold to Island Tug & Barge Co Victoria


Her Details are

  • Official Number 99675
  • Yard Number 70 
  • GT 151 NT 66 
  • Dimensions 100.4 x 20.5 x 11 
  • Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 19  
  • Engines C D Holmes 45 nhp 3 Cyl 10.0 Knots

12/11/1941 Foundered off Marrowstone Point near seattle After a collision with a Steam Northcoast

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Campina GY 214

Details to follow

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
CALVERTWILLIAM2322/07/1940Deck HandHMT  Campina
WILSONJOHN4522/07/1940CookHMT  Campina

22/07/1940 Mined off Holyhead whilst in Admiralty Service

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Campania GY 598

Campania Built 08/05/1894 Edwards Bros North Shields for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
12/1903 Bought by owners in Norway who renamed her as Hvalen To Holland where she was renamed Maria Van Hattem 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 104166
  • Yard Number 487 
  • GT 139 NT 59
  • Dimensions 101 x 20.5 x 10.9 
  • Quarter deck 18 Foc’sle 18