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Kitten GY 178

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Ipswich GY 178

Ipswich built 1896 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Hagerup Doughty & Co Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co
12/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned
01/1925 Transferred to Lowestoft 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 106692
  • Yard Number 129
  • Admiralty Number FY 429
  • Armament 1-6pdr AA
  • GT 161 NT 51
  • Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 19
  • Dimensions 104.2 x 20.5 x 10.7 

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St. Bartholomew GY 178

St. Bartholomew Built 1952 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for the North Cape Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
1954 Sold to NV Motorvisserij Ostend Belgium renamed Van Der Weyden registered as O 295 
30/03/1957 Ran aground in thick fog on the southeast coast of Iceland 
All crew were rescued 


Her Details are

  • Official Number 184913
  • Yard Number 865 
  • GT 635 NT 234 
  • Dimensions 175.6 x 29.6 x 14.7 
  • Engines Charles. D. Holmes 925 IHP  

Caught fire 31/05/1957 during salvage operations The resulting damage was such that the salvage was abandoned