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Arctic Trapper GY 217

Arctic Trapper Built 21/04/1928 Cochrane & Sons Selby as Sprayflower for the Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull
10/1939 Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd Grimsby and registered as GY 217

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
INNESALEXANDER2703/02/1941EnginemanH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
AINSWORTHJAMES EDWARDUnknown03/02/1941EnginemanH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
BUTLERSYDNEY ALBERT2603/02/1941SeamanH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
HILTONSTANLEYUnknown03/02/1941StokerH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
DAVIESSIDNEY3003/02/1941StokerH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
DAVIESALFRED HOWARDUnknown03/02/1941Stoker 2nd ClassH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
BRADLEYERNEST EDWARD2403/02/1941Able SeamanH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
CUNNINGTONALFRED LAWRENCE2603/02/1941Stoker 2nd ClassH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
COWIEWILLIAM2503/02/1941SeamanH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
GRIFFITHSCLIFFORD2103/02/1941StewardH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
CRAWLEYERNEST HANSLEY3003/02/1941SeamanH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
BRACKLEYALFRED THOMAS4003/02/1941Second HandH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
GORDONHARRY4003/02/1941Leading SeamanH.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
HARVEYLOUIS MARTIN3903/02/1941SkipperH.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.
MAYFIELDBASIL EDGAR2203/02/1941TelegraphistH.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.
WILLIAMSHAROLD JOHN2203/02/1941Able SeamanH.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.
MEIRICKRALPH SWINDON2903/02/1941LieutenantH.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 160109
  • Yard Number 1012
  • GT 352 NT 145
  • Quarter Deck 78 Foc’sle 22
  • Dimensions 140.4 x 25 x 13.3

Sunk by aircraft near Ramsgate whilst on Admiralty service 03/02/1941

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Arctic Prince GY 388

Arctic Prince Built 15/02/1915 J. T. Eltringham & Co Ltd, Willington Quay North Shields for Prince Steam Fishing Co Ltd
03/1926 Sold to Thomas Charles & Fred Moss Ltd Fish Dock Road Grimsby and registered as GY 388
04/1926 Renamed as Clifton 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 137367
  • Yard Number 312
  • GT 194 NT 86
  • Dimensions 115.5 x 22 x 11.9

Scrapped in 03/1954

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Arctic Crusader GY 477

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Arctic GY 165

Arctic Built 1888 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
Completed 1888
Registered September 1888

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 94091
  • GT 154 NT 63
  • Quarter deck 16 Foc’sle 18
  • Dimensions 100.6 x 20 x 11.6

20/01/1909 Collision with SS HAVERSTOE of Grimsby approx 5 miles E by N of Flamborough Head

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Arcadia GY 352

Arcadia Built 08/06/1891 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
03/1912 owners in Blyth
To Spain where she was renamed Fourmi 
To Greece where she became Anatoli 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 99166 
  • Yard Number 29
  • GT 155 NT 57
  • Quarter deck 19 Foc’sle 19
  • Dimensions 100.5 x 20.5 x 10.7

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Aralia GY 371

Aralia Built 08/1899 Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd Grimsby for North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
12/1910 Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb Grimsby
1917 Requisitioned into the Fishery Reserve commissioned and flew white ensign continued commercial fishing under naval control
1919 Returned to owners 

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
PlummerJUnknown16/01/1923Aralia
 TaylorCUnknown16/01/1923Aralia


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 110899 
  • Yard Number 16
  • Call Sign RGST 
  • GT 229 NT 113
  • Foc’sle 21 
  • Dimensions 121.5 x 21.6 x 11.5
  • Engines 59 HP

Ran aground near Duncansby Head on the 29/03/1923

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Aracari GY 355

Aracari built 07/11/1907 by Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Cleethorpes Steam Trawling Co Ltd Grimsby
Original Name was Seagul
09/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
16/04/1918 Sold to Walter H. Beeley Grimsby
21/05/1918 Sold to Ernest Taylor Grimsby
1919 Returned to owners
07/07/1919 Bought by Taylor & Ashworth Fleetwood 
1920 Talbot Steam Trawling Co Ltd Fleetwood Registered as FD 218 
1926 Sold to R. W. Lewis Aberdeen Registered as A 155
1932 Bought by Mrs M. Laycock Milford haven Registered as M 101
1932 Bought by Pettit & Younds Milford haven
1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1940 Returned to commercial fishing 
01/1943 Requisitioned as a fuel carrier Y 7.2 Esso
Deployed to the Med

Her Details are

  • Official Number 127824
  • Yard Number 159
  • Admiralty Number FY 514 Y 7.2
  • Armament 1-12pdr and 1-6 pdr AA
  • GT 245 NT 113
  • Quarter deck 76 Foc’sle 19
  • Dimensions 120.5 x 22 x 11.9
  • Engines Amos & Smith 76 NHP 10½ knots

Ran aground on Filicudi Island north of Sicily on the 03/10/1943 Declared a total loss

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Arabian GY 251

Arabian Built 08/1899 by J. Duthie Aberdeen for Grimsby Albion Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1914 Sold to owners in Aberdeen
Sold to owners in Belgium and renamed Marie 
Sold to owners in Milford Haven Renamed Aventure 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 110893 
  • GT 180 NT 56 
  • Quarter deck 20
  • Dimensions 111.4 x 20.8 x 11.3

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Aquila GY 798

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Aquila GY 997

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