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G E Foster GY 739

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


Her Details are

  • Official Number 134744
  • Yard Number 533 
  • GT 229 NT 96 
  • Dimensions 118 x 22 x 11.5 
  • Quarter deck 61 Foc’sle 19 

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G Trolley GY 501

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Falcon GY 798

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

Her Details are

  • Official Number 105525
  • Yard Number 127 
  • GT 154 NT 62 
  • Dimensions 102.7 x 20.5 x 11 
  • Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 19 
  • Engines C D Holmes 50 rhp 3 Cyl 10.0 Knots

1938 Broken Up

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Falcon GY 230

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27/04/1897 Ketch Sunk after collision in North Sea

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Fair Isle GY 820

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 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 122987 
  • Yard Number 463 
  • Admiralty number FY 263
  • Armament 1-6pdr 
  • GT 192 NT 85 
  • Dimensons 112.6 x 22.1 x 11.6 

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Faith GY 272

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Fairy GY 717

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Fairway GY 488

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

Her Details are

  • Official Number 145062
  • Yard Number 843 
  • Admiralty Number FY 4.33,FY1551, 3836
  • Armament 1 6pdr HA and W/T
  • GT 312 NT 130 
  • Dimensions 138.5 x 23.7 x 12.8 
  • Quarter deck 78 Foc’sle 19 
  • Engines C D Holmes 600ihp 11.0Knots

Scrapped in 1955

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F H S GY 28

F. H. S. Built 1908 Yarmouth as a Drifter
Registered YH 809
03/1915 Requisitioned
1919 Returned as net vessel

Her Details are

  • Official Number 127147
  • Admiralty Number 1155, 569
  • Armament 1- 6pdr AA
  • GT 95 NT 35
  • Dimensions 86.2 x 18.6 x 10.2
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Earl Essex GY 48

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

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRank Boat
JACKSONALLEN REGINALD4124/04/1946Deck Hand Earl Essex 
BENNETTSTANLEY4524/04/1946Second Engineer Earl Essex 
GORDONJOHN JAMES4424/04/1946Chief Engineer Earl Essex 
REYNOLDSBENJAMIN THOMAS NICHOLSON3124/04/1946Second Hand Earl Essex 
LINECYRIL HENRY4524/04/1946Cook Earl Essex 
TREACHERALBERT EDWARD5024/04/1946Skipper Earl Essex 
BENNETTWILFRED DUDLEY3824/04/1946Spare Hand Earl Essex 
TILLINGJOSEPH W. W.3824/04/1946Third Hand Earl Essex 
WATSONARTHUR4124/04/1946Deck Hand Earl Essex 
GEORGEDONALD ROBERT2524/04/1946Trimmer 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