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Author: Trevor Hallifax
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British Lion GY 238
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British Honduras GY 513
British Honduras Built 1937 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Grimsby Motor Trawlers Grimsby
12/1939 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel
1945 Ownership of the vessel passed to Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd
01/1946 Returned to owners Became LT 87 British Honduras Later to Peaceful Star
1947 Sold to Milford Steam Trawling Ltd M 204 Milford Baron
1950 Sold to G. D. Claridge renamed British Honduras LT 134 transferred to Claridge Trawlers Ltd part of the Colne Group Lowestoft
Her Details are
- Official Number 164434
- Yard Number 1190
- Call Sign GCCJ
- Admiralty Number FY 272
- GT 147 NT 55
- Dimensions 101.2 x 21.1 x 10.3
- Quarter deck 57 Foc’sle 17
- Engines 6 cylinder 390hp Ruston
Left Lowestoft on the 25/07/1968 under tow from the Kingfish bound for the breakers yard in Sheerness
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British Guiana GY 331
British Guiana Built 1936 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Grimsby Motor Trawlers Grimsby
11/1939 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel
1940 Transferred to Anti-Submarine duties
1945 Ownership of the vessel passed to F. E. Catchpole
03/1946 Returned to owners Became Sunlight Waters LT 93 Later in the year she was sold to Torbay Trawlers Ltd and then transferred to Allen & Cooke Trawlers Ltd
1947 Sold to Milford Steam Trawling Ltd where she became Milford Knight M 176
1949 Sold to G. D. Claridge and renamed British Guiana LT 52
She was later transferred to Claridge Trawlers Ltd part of the Colne Group Lowestoft
Her Details are
- Official Number 164419
- Yard Number 1160
- Call Sign GYVW
- Admiralty Number FY 271
- GT 146 NT 53
- Dimensions 101.2 x 21.1 x 10.3
- Quarter deck 57 Foc’sle 17
- Engines 6 cylinder 360hp Ruston
Sold for scrapping to T. G. Darling Oulton Broad 1968
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British Columbia GY 153
British Columbia Built 1935 Richards Lowestoft for Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd Grimsby
11/1939 Sold to the Admiralty Renamed H.M.S. Guava T 118
1946 Sold to G. D. Claridge and registered as GY 272
1949 Transferred to Colne Fishing Co Ltd Lowestoft Became British Columbia LT 404
1952 Bought by Clan Steam Fishing Grimsby Ltd
Her Details are
- Official Number 162901
- Call Sign GLRJ
- GT 134 NT 50
- Dimensions 100.8 x 21.1 x 8.4
- Foc’sle 16
- Engines 6 cylinder 310hp Ruston
The vessel was run down in the North Sea All the crew were saved
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British GY 249
British Built 07/1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell
Originally Named Vinur GY 249
07/1930 Owned by E Little & E Olgeirsson
08/1930 Owned by Vinur Steam Fishing Co
04/1936 Re Named British
08/1942 Sold to Northern Trawlers
08/1954 Went to Fleetwood Re named Wyre British
Her Details are
- Official Number 160993
- GT 406 NT 161
- Dimensions 142.7 x 25.1 x 14.1
- Quarter Deck 79 Foc’sle 25
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Britannia GY 410
Britannia built 1891 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for Meadows Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
11/1903 Bought by Alfred Bannister Grimsby
01/1915 Requisitioned as a Stores/Water Carrier
05/1915 Renamed Britannia III
09/1915 Returned to owners
01/1916 Sold to a Grimsby group of owners
Her Details are
- Official Number 99194
- Call Sign MKDP
- Admiralty Number FY 826
- GT 138 NT 58
- Dimensions 96.7 x 20.1 x 10.6
- Quarter deck 18 Foc’sle 18
23/09/1916 Sunk by U Boat 40 miles S E by E of Spurn Light Vessel
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Britannia GY 297
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Brisk GY 708
Brisk Built 02/05/1898 Edwards Bros North Shields for Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 05/1897 Sold to owners in Cardiff
Sold to owners in France where she became Aigle
Her Details are
- Official Number 109540
- Yard Number 595
- GT 157 NT 56
- Dimensions 105.4 x 20.9 x 10.9
- Quarter deck 20 Foc’sle 20
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Brisk GY 441
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