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Ensign GY 1216

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Catania GY 1216

Catania Built 1901 Watson & Bird Hull for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1908 Bought by owners in Denmark where she became Svendborg 
07/1910 Back to Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
Renamed Calvinia Registered as GY 559 
01/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
03/1918 Sold to W. Doughty Grimsby 
1919 Returned to owners
03/1924 Bought by the Gorspen Steam Trawling Co Aberdeen
01/1940 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
01/1945 Returned to owners 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 113221
  • Admiralty Number FY 1850 FY 734
  • Armament 1-6pdr AA
  • GT 197 NT 69 
  • Dimensions 111 x 21 x 11 
  • Quarter deck 46 Foc’sle 21   

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Battle Abbey GY 1171

Battle Abbey Built 04/01/1900 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Abbey Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
11/1913 Sold to Samuel Gidley Grimsby 
01/1916 Sold to J. L. Green 
08/1916 Bought by the Cleethorpes Steam Trawling Co Grimsby 
06/1917 Damaged in a collision register closed 
11/1918 Sold to R. Clarke renamed Ensign and registered as GY 1216 
05/1925 Sold to owners in Spain where she became Juan Marie No 2 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 113177
  • Yard Number 265
  • GT 202 NT 74
  • Quarter Deck 48 Foc’sle 22
  • Dimensions 115.5 x 21.5 x 11.5