Author: Trevor Hallifax

Valesca built 1916 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
09/1916 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
01/01/81918 Sold to John L. Green Grimsby
1919 Returned 
17/05/1922 Sold to the North Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
20/02/1926 Bought by the Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
19/09/1928 Sold to the Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
29/11/1939 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel
07/1940 Converted to a minesweeper
10/12/1940 Sold to Sir Alec Black Grimsby
12/1941 Converted to a Wreck Location Vessel
08/02/1943 Bought by Shire Trawlers Ltd Grimsby
12/1945 Returned to owners
06/03/1948 Bought by Alexander Hay & William Brebner Aberdeen
Registered as A 536
1950 Sold to Ch & Arm A Seghers Ostend Belgium renamed Charvic registered O 335
A 6 cylinder Motoren Werke Mannheim A. G. diesel engine was fitted whilst the vessel was under this company’s ownership
1972 Bought by Rederij Ostend renamed Java IV 

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
SEAMAN	Wiliiam Ernest	33	04/04/1941	Second Hand	Valesca

Her Details are 

• Official Number 138970
• Yard Number 340B
• Admiralty Number FY 2963
• Armament 1-6pdr AA 1-7.5in Bomb Thrower
• GT 188 NT 82
• Dimensions 110.4 x 21 x 11.6 
• Quarter deck 59
• Engines Shields Engineering Co. 69 NHP 10 Knots  

Vessel deleted from Lloyds Register of Shipping in 1991

Valentia Built 1898 Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Irvine For Hagerup Doughty & Co Ltd Grimsby 
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
1917 Requisitioned into the Fishery Reserve 
1919 Returned to owners
1945 Sold to the Standard Steam Fishing Co Grimsby as GY 26
1946 Bought by the Valentia Fishing Co Grimsby 

Her Details are

• Official Number 109518
• Yard Number 3 
• GT 164 NT 51 
• Dimensions 104.2 x 21 x 10.7 
• Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 18   

Scrapped in 1957