Tag: 1953-09-18

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18/09/1953 Stranded Aukeingill Wick 

Gambri Built 1929 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Grant & Baker Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
1932 Sold to the Howe Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
28/05/1934 Bought by Marine Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull renamed Runswick Bay H 33 
25/08/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper FY 750 with South Atlantic Command 
26/06/1944 Bought by the Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
18/07/1946 Returned to commercial fishing 
1947 Bought by the Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Hassett registered as GY 489

Her Details are

• Official Number 160972
• Yard Number 521
• GT 349 NT 152
• Dimensions 140.2 x 24.6 x 13.2
• Quarter deck 81 Foc’sle 21
• Engines Charles D. Holmes 96 NHP 11.1 knots

Wrecked in heavy weather at Aukeingill 10 miles north of Wick 18/09/1953