Tag: gy-217

King Alfred Built 1899 Schofield Hagerup & Doughty Grimsby for the Monarch Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Captured and scuttled by the German submarine minelayer UC-44, approx 75 miles South of Fair Isle
The skipper of the trawler was taken prisoner and landed at Heligoland the U-Boat base

Her Details are

• Official Number 110892
• Yard Number 3 
• GT 159 NT 66 
• Dimensions 105.7 x 21.1 x 10.7 
• Quarter deck 18 Foc’sle 21 
• Engines Triple expansion 11, 17, 28 x 20 in 40 rhp by Muir & Houston Glasgow 

13/02/1917 Sunk by U Boat 75 miles S of Fair Isle

Arctic Trapper Built 21/04/1928 Cochrane & Sons Selby as Sprayflower for the Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull
10/1939 Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd Grimsby and registered as GY 217

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
INNES	ALEXANDER	27	03/02/1941	Engineman	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
AINSWORTH	JAMES EDWARD	Unknown	03/02/1941	Engineman	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
BUTLER	SYDNEY ALBERT	26	03/02/1941	Seaman	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
HILTON	STANLEY	Unknown	03/02/1941	Stoker	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
DAVIES	SIDNEY	30	03/02/1941	Stoker	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
DAVIES	ALFRED HOWARD	Unknown	03/02/1941	Stoker 2nd Class	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
BRADLEY	ERNEST EDWARD	24	03/02/1941	Able Seaman	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
CUNNINGTON	ALFRED LAWRENCE	26	03/02/1941	Stoker 2nd Class	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
COWIE	WILLIAM	25	03/02/1941	Seaman	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
GRIFFITHS	CLIFFORD	21	03/02/1941	Steward	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
CRAWLEY	ERNEST HANSLEY	30	03/02/1941	Seaman	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
BRACKLEY	ALFRED THOMAS	40	03/02/1941	Second Hand	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
GORDON	HARRY	40	03/02/1941	Leading Seaman	H.M. Trawler Arctic Trapper.
HARVEY	LOUIS MARTIN	39	03/02/1941	Skipper	H.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.
MAYFIELD	BASIL EDGAR	22	03/02/1941	Telegraphist	H.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.
WILLIAMS	HAROLD JOHN	22	03/02/1941	Able Seaman	H.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.
MEIRICK	RALPH SWINDON	29	03/02/1941	Lieutenant	H.M.Trawler Arctic Trapper.

Her Details are 

• Official Number 160109
• Yard Number 1012
• GT 352 NT 145
• Quarter Deck 78 Foc’sle 22
• Dimensions 140.4 x 25 x 13.3

Sunk by aircraft near Ramsgate whilst on Admiralty service 03/02/1941