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Vascama GY 164

Vascama Built 04/1935 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby Registered as GY 164
09/1939 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel
Based at Kirkwall along with the Northern Foam Northern Gift and Kingston Agate Employed on contraband control and anti-submarine patrols between Norway and Greenland
10/1943 On temporary loan to the Portuguese Navy renamed P 6 
08/1944 Returned to the Royal Navy and her original name Employed
on Iceland convoys
11/1946 Bought by the Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby GY 147
12/1962 Sold to Belgium Owners

Her Details are

  • Official Number 162900
  • Yard Number 1136 
  • Admiralty Number FY 185
  • Armament 1-4 gun 2-20mm AA guns Depth Charges
  • GT 447 NT 200 
  • Dimensions 158.1 x 26.6 x 14.2 
  • Quarter deck 88 Foc’sle 25 
  • Engines 114 HP  

Scrapped 12/1962

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Philippian GY 164

Philippian Built Cook Welton & Gemmell Originally as Thomas Allen Castle Class
17/3/1920 The Admiralty Whitehall London and Completed as a fishing trawler
1920 sold to Soc Anon Armement Ostendais Ostend Belgium renamed Theophile Massart
09/12/1933 to Hellyer Bros Ltd Hull renamed Bengali H533
19/03/1936 to Milford Steam Trawling Co Ltd Milford Haven renamed Milford Prince M224
08/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper FY614
12/1945 returned
1951 to Onward Steam Fishing Co Ltd Renamed Philippian GY164 1960 scrapped.

Her Details are

  • Official Number 144394
  • Yard Number 419
  • Admiralty Number FY 4403
  • GT 278 NT 115
  • Dimensions 125.5 x 23.6
  • Engines Amos & Smith 86 NHP 10.5 Knots
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Olive Leaf GY 164

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Northern Rover GY 164

Northern Rover built in Germany by Deschimag Seebeck in Bremerhaven for Mac Line Ltd Fleetwood LO 164


1937 She was transferred to Grimsby to operate with the Northern Fleet
08/1939 Requisitioned operated as a ABV she was also based at Kirkwall on Contraband Duties
05/11/1939 She was reported overdue at Kirkwall Believed to have sunk off Kirkwall
According to Toghill she was sunk by U-59

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
McDOUGALLWALTER RICHARD3005/11/1939FiremanHMT Northern Rover
MacKENZIEROBERT ARTHUR4005/11/1939First EngineerHMT Northern Rover
BAKERHAROLD WILLIAM3305/11/1939FiremanHMT Northern Rover

Her Details are

  • Official No 165344
  • Yard Number 553
  • Call Sign GYYX
  • Admiralty Number FY 4.58
  • Armament 1 x 4″, 1 x 0.303″ LMG, 2 x 0.5″ VMG
  • 655 GT 243 NT
  • Dimensions 188.1 x 28.1 x 15.5
  • Engines 1000 hp and 16 Knots

According to Rohwer it was U-59 but she was sunk 30/10/1939 at 2335 in grid ref AN 1313

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Milford Prince GY 164

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Painting By Steve Farrow

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Isernia GY 164

Isernia built 1899 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
03/04/1914 Bought by the Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
07/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
1920 Returned to commercial fishing
28/09/1926 Lost Crew W.R.Fenton
16/03/1928 Sold to Gibson & Mumby Hull registered as H 443 
23/02/1934 Bought by J. S. Ellis Scarborough
1938 Sold to A. A. Davidson Aberdeen

Her Details are

  • Official Number 110887
  • Yard Number 234
  • Admiralty Number FY 1746
  • Armament 1-6pdr AA 1-7.5in Bomb Thrower
  • GT 198 NT 60
  • Quarter deck 49 Foc’sle 19
  • Dimensions 114 x 21 x 11.3
  • Engines Amos & Smith 50 NHP 10 knots 

Vessel sold to shipbreakers in 1938 and broken up