G. E. Foster Built 1912 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Atlin Construction Co Ltd Grimsby 05/1917 Bought by the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co Ltd 01/1930 Bought by owners in Canada renamed Island Warrior
Falcon Built 10/08/1895 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for T. Baskcomb, Grimsby 01/1903 Sold to Taylor Olsen & Pennell Grimsby 29/05/1917 Requisitioned for Fishery reserve 1919 Released 11/1923 Sold to Nordzee V/M Ijmuiden Holland renamed Olga IJM 20 1927 Sold to N V Noordzee Exploit Mij Ijmuiden 1928 Sold to N V Vissch Maats Olga Ijmuiden 1930 Sold to V/M Zuiderhaaks Ijmuiden 04/04/1936 Sold to Shipbreakers in Holland
Fair Isle Built 1909 Hall Russell & Co Aberdeen for Built for James Inglis Granton 08/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 26/12/1914 The vessel was wrecked in Sinclair Bay but later salved 12/1915 Bought by R. Charlton Grimsby registered as GY 820 01/1916 Sold to W. Crampin Grimsby 04/1918 Bought by J. L. Green Grimsby 1920 Returned to owners 02/1920 Sold to J. Alcock Grimsby 11/1922 Bought by J. Nutley Grimsby 12/1922 Sold to owners in Granton
Fairway Built 1918 Cochrane & Sons Selby Built as Mersey Class Richard Jewell for the Admiralty 1920 Registered by Admiralty as Fishing Vessel LO 476 1922 Sold to Pickering & Haldane renamed Lord Knaresborough Hull H 646 21/08/1922 Registered at Hull 31/10//1928 Sold to J. Little Grimsby registered as GY 448 03/12/1928 Renamed Fairway 08/05/1929 Sold to the Rinovia Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 04/1940 Requisitioned as Fishery Protection Vessel 29/05/1940 As a A/S Trawler 05/06/1940 Sailed Solent for Gold Beach ahead of Assault Convoy G1 05/1941 Fitted out as Minesweeper 22/01/1942 Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd Fleetwood FD 140 1944 Fitted out as Dan Layer and assigned to operation Neptune Normandy landings 22/06/1944 Damaged by Mine 23/05/1944 Attached to the 6th Minesweeping Flotila as a Dan layer 03/07/1944 Operation Neptune Ended 25/06/1945 Sold to K Percival Trawlers Hull H 130 18/06/1946 Returned to Owners 18/04/1953 Sold to Hendersons Trawling Co Hull 07/02/1951 Sold to Fern Leaf Co Fleetwood FD 140
Earl Essex built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper 1920 Returned to commercial fishing 02/11/1915 Sold to Harold Croft Baker Grimsby 08/01/1923 Bought by the Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 06/02/1937 Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons Ltd Grimsby 11/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 1946 Returned to commercial fishing 24/04/1946 Sank in the North Sea when a mine that had been trawled up exploded The trawler Vera Grace FD 211 which was fishing near by had seen the explosion picked up one survivor Ten crew were lost
Surname
Forenames
Age at Death
Date of Death
Rank
Boat
JACKSON
ALLEN REGINALD
41
24/04/1946
Deck Hand
Earl Essex
BENNETT
STANLEY
45
24/04/1946
Second Engineer
Earl Essex
GORDON
JOHN JAMES
44
24/04/1946
Chief Engineer
Earl Essex
REYNOLDS
BENJAMIN THOMAS NICHOLSON
31
24/04/1946
Second Hand
Earl Essex
LINE
CYRIL HENRY
45
24/04/1946
Cook
Earl Essex
TREACHER
ALBERT EDWARD
50
24/04/1946
Skipper
Earl Essex
BENNETT
WILFRED DUDLEY
38
24/04/1946
Spare Hand
Earl Essex
TILLING
JOSEPH W. W.
38
24/04/1946
Third Hand
Earl Essex
WATSON
ARTHUR
41
24/04/1946
Deck Hand
Earl Essex
GEORGE
DONALD ROBERT
25
24/04/1946
Trimmer
Earl Essex
Her details are
Official Number 136002
Yard Number 290
Admiralty Number FY 292 FY 852
Armament 1-12pdr
GT 225 NT 112
Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
Quarter Deck 61
Engines Amos & Smith 68 NHP 9½ knots
24/04/1946 Foundered as a result of an explosion in the North sea probably a mine