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Reporto GY 380

Reporto Built By Cook Welton & Gemmell 06/1908 for G F Sleight
02/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned 
11/1933 went to G F Sleight & R Humphreys
Served in WW2
05/1949 went to G F Sleight & Sons
03/1956 went to Belgium

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
WILSONJOHNUnknown18/08/1919Deck HandReporto

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 127831
  • Admiralty Number FY 455
  • Armament 1-6pdr AA
  • GT 230 NT 107
  • Dimensions 117 x 22 x 11.7
  • Quarter Deck 59′ Foc’sle 18′
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Ross Jaguar GY 494

Ross Jaguar Built 1957 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Derwent Trawlers Ltd Grimsby
01/1959 Registered to Ross Trawlers Grimsby 
10/1959 Transferred to Yorkshire Trawlers Ltd Grimsby 
04/1962 Registered to George Frederick Sleight Grimsby 
11/1969 Registered to British United Trawlers (BUT) Grimsby 
03/1979 Registered to George Frederick Sleight Grimsby 
08/1985 Sold to Cam Shipping as an Oil Rig Support Vessel renamed Cam Jaguar

Photo Supplied by Photomarine

Her Details are

  • Official Number 181394
  • Yard Number 1424 
  • GT 355 NT 127 
  • Dimenions 127.5 x 26.5 x 13 
  • Quarter deck 67 Foc’sle 24 
  • Engines 6-cylinder 875hp Ruston 

Bought by Ron and Helen Devereux and converted to a three masted sailing schooner

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Quassia GY 1141

Quassia built 1899 Schofield Hagerup & Doughty Grimsby for the North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 1917 Requisitioned 1919 Returned12/1919 went to T W Baskcombe
10/1935 went to F Parkes
11/1935 went to C Dobson

Her Details are

  • Official number 110938
  • Yard Number 19
  • Call Sign RMQG
  • 207 GT 98 NT
  • Dimensions 116.2 x 21.5 x 11.2
  • Quarter Deck 48′ Foc’sle 20′
  • Engines 58 NHP

Scrapped 04/1937

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Prince Philip GY 7

Prince Philip Built 1948 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley For North Cape Fishing Co Ltd Hull H32 NV Motorvisserij Ostend Belgium originally ordered the vessel 08/07/1955 Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd Grimsby renamed Hargood GY 7 01/01/1958 Bought by Charleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd Hull renamed Stella Rigel H 170 
Her Details are

  • Official Number 183387
  • Yard Number 801 
  • GT 568 NT 206 
  • Dimensions 170 x 29.2 x 14.4 
  • Quarter deck 92 Foc’sle 29 
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 1000 IHP 13.2 knots  

Wrecked at Vestor Falle 7 miles north west of Fugloy lighthouse off the north coast of Norway 21/12/1962 The Norwegian fishing vessel Siv rescued the 20-man crew

Grimsby Trawlers

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Peken GY 354

Peken built 190808/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper1919 ReturnedServed in WW2
Her Details are

  • Official Number 127823
  • Admiralty Number FY 24
  • Armament 1-6 pdr AA
  • GT 228
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Okino GY 158

Okino Built 01/11/1920 Cook Welton & Gemmell for S T White & Co Hull
Registered as H 243
16/04/1926 sold to Seaward Fishing Co Hull
1927 Went to Hudson Bros Hull
13/11/1929 went to H croft Grimsby GY 158
1930 went to Strand Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
29/08/1939 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper
28/06/1946 Returned
1951 went to Diamonds Steam Fishing Co Grimsby Renamed Okino
1962 sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos Young & Sons Ltd

Her Details Are

  • Official Number 144065
  • Yard Number 435
  • Admiralty Number FY 574
  • GT 263 NT 105
  • Dimensions 125.0 x 23.0 x 12.3
  • Quarter Deck 71 Foc’sle 19
  • Engines Amos & Smith 78 nhp 10.5 knots

24/01/1962 Arrived Sunderland for Breaking

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Northern Chief GY 455

The Northern Chief was constructed in Germany at Bremerhaven by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde in 1936 Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
11/1936 Completed and went to Fleetwood as LO 165 for her owners Iago Steam trawlers Ltd.
Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
10/1937 she was sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager) and was  transferred to Grimsby.
08/1939 requisitioned, she was converted as an Armed Boarding vessel and later for anti-submarine duties.
03/1942 she was  on loan to the US Navy operating on the East Coast of the USA.
She was returned to the Royal Navy and began  operating in the South Atlantic based in Cape Town.
02/1946 She was returned to her former owners after a survey and restoration which was performed at Birkenhead over seen by Wiliam A. Bennet manager.
12/1946 London Registry Closed and was registered Grimsby GY 455
02/1947 Grimsby Registry was closed
02/1947 Sold to H/F Gylfi Vatneyri Iceland renamed GYLFI  BA 77
1950 Sold to Ludwig Janssen & Co, Wesermünde Bremenhaven Germany, Renamed Island RE 195

Her details are

  • LO 165 / GY 455 / BA 77
  • Official No 165352
  • Built 11/1936
  • Yard No 554 
  • GT 655  NT 251
  • Length 198.5 x 28.7 x 13.9
  • Pennant FY 4.34 
  • Engines  T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau  AG Seebeck, Wesermünde. Top speed of 12 knots.

1957 she was sold to W. Ritscher, Hamburg for demolition arriving 15/07/1957.

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Northern Chief GY 128

Northern Chief Built 04/05/1950 Cochranes & Sons of Selby for Northern Trawlers The manager was John Bennett
01/07/1969 Became part of the B.U.T. livery
27/01/1975 Made her last Landing and Laid up for disposal
24/06/1975 Sold to Blyth Shipbreakers & repairers

Her Details Are

  • Official Number 182647
  • Yard Number 1354
  • GT 692 NT 246
  • Dimensions 181.6′ x 31.2 x 14.8
  • Quarter Deck 93′ Foc’sle 36′
  • Engines Amos & Smith 1100 ihp 3 cyl 12.5 knots
  • Funnel Grey with black top separated by white band

Vessel was Scrapped 19/05/1976

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Lincolnshire GY 251

Lincolnshire Built 1935 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Lincolnshire Fishing Co Ltd  Grimsby 1938 Bought by Boyd Line Hull Renamed Lord Wavell registered as H 164  09/1939 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel  09/1945 Returned to owners
Her Details are

  • Official Number 164399 
  • Yard Number 993 
  • GT 432 NT 159 
  • Dimensions 162.3 x 26.7 x 14.4 
  • Quarter deck 85 Foc’sle 29 
  • Engines 99 HP 

Ran aground at Norway 0102/1935

Grimsby Trawlers

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Kyoto GY 604

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