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Wellard GY 300

Wellard Built for Earl Steam Fishing Co by Cook Welton & Gemmel
Original Name EL Capitan GY 450
07/1938 went to Crampins Steam Fishing Co
10/1939 Requisitioned as A/S Name unchanged
Joined the 21st A/S Strike Group, Took part in the Norwegian Campaign
02/1942 Loaned to USN
10/1942 Returned and was transferred to the South African Station.
1945 Returned
1946 Acquired by Crampins registered as GY 300
My Grandfather sailed on the Wellard for 3 months in 1946 as a deck hand,before being reunited with her in 1950
20/04/1950 to 18/09/1950 Signed on as a 3rd hand  
25/01/1951 His next trip with the Wellard signed on again as 3rd hand until 16/05/1951
06/12/1951 but as a deck hand until 24/04/1952
18/05/1952 His last time with the vessel until 11/10/1952 again as deck hand 

Photo by kind donation from the Steve Farrow Collection
The Wellard Leaving Port 

Her Details Are

  • Official Number
  • Dimensions 173 X 28.6 X 14.6
  • Quarter deck 89′ Fo’scle of 37′
  • Engines 135 NHP, Triple Cylinder 15″, 25″ & 42″ x 27″
  • Boiler 1 SB 220lb Spt, Producing 12.8 Knots by Amos & Smith.
  • Funnel yellow C on Blue band between yellow and black top
  • Hull black with white line red boot topping

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Rector GY 300

Rector Built 1891 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for W. Lambert Grimsby
11/1904 Renamed Cecil Rhodes 
12/1904 To owners in Yarmouth 
Went to owners in Peterhead 
Went to owners in Aberdeen 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 96240
  • GT 112 NT 38 
  • Dimensions 88 x 20.1 x 10.7  

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Morvina GY 300

Morvina built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for John L Green Ltd Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper 19/10/1915 Sold to Harold Croft Baker Grimsby 04/12/1916 Bought by the Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby  05/12/1919 Sold to John L Green Ltd Grimsby 1919 Returned 16/11/1925 Sold to Harold Bacon Grimsby  05/09/1930 Bought by the Active Fishing Co Fleetwood  08/07/1942 Bought by the Kottingham Trawling Co Ltd Grimsby 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 137004
  • Yard Number 303
  • Admiralty Number FY 1439
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • GT 226 NT 109
  • Quarter deck 61 
  • Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
  • Engines C D Holmes 75 NHP 10 knots

On 13/05/1936 the vessel foundered on the rocks on the Kil Holm on the north side of the island of Eglishay At the time she was sailing through dense fog The steamer Earl Sigurd took off most of the crew before attempting to tow the trawler off the rocks At high tide the Earl Sigurd managed to pull the trawler off but then she turned over and sank the Stromness lifeboat taking off the three remaining members of the crew

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El Capitan GY 450

El Capitan Built 1937 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1938 Sold to the Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Wellard 
08/1939 Bought by the Admiralty as an anti-submarine trawler No FY.137
25/02/1942 Loaned to the United States Navy RN crewed for North Atlantic anti-submarine work 
10/1942 Returned to owners 
07/1946 Sold back to the Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby registered as GY 300
The vessel was managed by the Hull Ice Co Ltd Hull 
11/1946 Transferred back to her owners at Grimsby
1961 Sold for scrap to Van Heyghen Freres Belgium 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 164429 
  • Yard Number 626 
  • GT 514 NT 280 
  • Dimensions 173 x 28.6 x 14.6 
  • Quarter deck 89 Foc’sle 37 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 135 NHP 12.8 knots 

Arrived at Ghent 31/08/1961 for breaking up

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Cecil Rhodes GY 300

Details to follow