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Tors Built 1891 Cochrane Cooper & Schofield Beverley for William R. Leyman Hull as Golden Hope H 131 
14/02/1901 Sold To C. H. Double Fleetwood FD 205
20/11/1906 Sold to George W Stennett & Fred Forge Fleetwood
1908 Sold To Gustav E Forum Denmark Renamed Olga GG 371
1910 Sold to J Marrs & Son Fleetwood Renamed Tors FD 114
1911 Sold to Charles Hall Co Durham HL 59
07/1915 Sold to H. Wood Grimsby registered as GY 555 

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
ELLIOTT	WILLIAM	49	30/07/1915	First Engineer	Tors
FOLEY	JOHN	40	30/07/1915	Deck Hand	Tors
HUBBARD	DANIEL	27	30/07/1915	Third Hand	Tors
GASKINS	JOHN	35	30/07/1915	Second Hand	Tors

Her Details are

• Official Number 98728
• Yard Number 43 
• GT 158 NT 64 
• Dimensions 104 x 21 x 11 
• Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 19   
• Engines C D Holmes 50 nhp 3 Cyl 10.0 Knots

30/07/1915 Mined 43 miles E of Spurn Point

Topaz Built 1916 Cochrane & Sons Selby Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull 
11/1916 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
1919 Returned to owners
04/1919 Sold to the Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
09/1922 Renamed Valdora 
11/1939 Requisitioned by the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel 

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
SMITH	OSBORNE	48	12/01/1940	Second Engineman	HMT  Valdora

Her Details are

• Official Number 139304
• Yard Number 661 
• Admiralty number FY 1262 FY 905
• Armament: 1-6pdr AA
• GT 251 NT 98 
• Dimensions 121.8 x 22.6 x 12.2 
• Quarter deck 70 Foc’sle 20 
• Engines 76 HP  

Sunk by aircraft fire near Cromer 12/01/1940