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Houbara GY 650

Houbara built 1911 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Thomas Baskcomb Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
19/10/1915 Bought by Thomas Baskcomb Ltd Grimsby 
1919 Returned to commercial fishing 
12/07/1933 Sold to the Amalgamated Steam Fishing Co Grimsby 
22/02/1935 Bought by the Holborn Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
08/03/1935 Renamed Holborn 
1939 Sold to shipbreakers 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 132113
  • Yard Number 221
  • Admiralty number FY 1618
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 293 NT 128
  • Quarter deck 73
  • Dimensions 135.2 x 22.7 x 11.7
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 80 NHP 10½ knots

Registration closed 06/03/1939 on advice that scrapping was complete