Tag: 1959

Hausa Built 1935 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Hellyer Bros Ltd Hull H 56
04/1939 Bought by the Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Victorian 
08/1939 Purchased as an anti-submarine vessel 
01/1946 To the Hull Ice Co Ltd Registered as GY 151 
11/1946 To Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
06/1948 Sold to owners in Hull became Loch Fleet 
Bought by the Dinas Steam Fishing Co Ltd registered as FD 43

Her details are

• Official Number 163965
• Yard Number 982
• Admiralty Number FY 114
• GT 440 NT 168
• Dimensions 162.1 x 26.7 x 12.9
• Engines 99 HP
• Quarter deck 85 Foc’sle 29

Scrapped 1959

Franconia Built 22/08/1894 Cook Welton & Gemmell for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd
01/03/1912 She was sold to Blyth Steam Fishing Co Ltd Blyth
1914 she was sold to Society Anon Pesquera Malaguena, Malaga Spain
1916 sold to Marine Nationale Francaise (French Navy) and renamed Eperviar
1919 sold to Society D Armement Marseilles France and renamed Celtique
1925 went to N Melchiorrti Rome Italy and renamed Claretta
1946 she was fitted with a 6 cylinder Ansaldo Diesel Engine
1948 sold to Florio Tonnare Di Favignana E Formica Trapanil
1959 Vessel was sold to shipbreakers and broken up

Her details are

• Official Number 104180 / 102955
• Yard Number 126
• 154 GT 65 NT
• Dimensions 102.2 x 20.7 x 11
• Quarter deck 24 Foc’sle 19
• Engines by C D Holmes 50 NHP 10 Knots

Scrapped 1959

Drusilla built 1914 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co
05/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned 
1937 The vessel’s new owner was North Star Fishing Co Ltd registered at Aberdeen 
31/10/1939 Bought by City Fishing Co from the North Star Fishing Co
18/01/1945 Sold to Eton Fishing Co Hull 
03/1946 Bought by Vinur Steam Fishing Co registered GY 223
02/1951 Bought by Alfred Bannister Trawlers Ltd Grimsby 

Her Details are 

• Official Number 135993
• Yard Number 570
• Call sign GWFV
• Admiralty Number FY 36
• Armament 1-10pdr
• GT 250 NT 96
• Dimensions 125 x 23.5 x 14
• Quarter Deck 74 Foc’sle 20
• Engines Smith’s Dock Middlesbrough Triple expansion 12½, 21, 35 in x 26 in 85 rhp

Scrapped at Belgium in 1959

Captain Pollen Built 1917 A Hall Aberdeen for Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1917 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
03/1918 Sold to the Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Grimsby 
1919 Returned to owners 
01/1919 Acquired by A. V. Cole Cheltenham 
03/1920 Bought by owners in Scarborough Sold to owners in Belgium and renamed Prevoyance Sociale
Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Aberdeen renamed Avonglen A 383
08/1940 Requisitioned converted for the Examination Service 
08/1946 Returned to owners
Served as AVONGLEN in WW2.

Her Details are

• Official Number 139965
• Admiralty number FY 1656 FY 4.432
• Armament 1-12pdr
• GT 257 NT 109 
• Dimensions 125.7 x 22.7 x 12.1 
• Quarter deck 70 Foc’sle 17 
• Engines 82 HP 

Scrapped in 1959