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Rodney GY 307

Rodney Built 1889 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for William Grant Grimsby
05/1906 To owners in Aberdeen

Shown here as A 73

Her Details are

  • Official Number 96243
  • GT 112 NT 38
  • Dimensions 88 x 20.7 x 10.7

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Grove GY 307

Details to follow

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Destinn GY 307

Destinn built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
05/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
1919 Returned to commercial fishing
06/01/1916 Bought by Alfred W. Baxter Grimsby
04/04/1917 Sold to Joseph Harris Grimsby 
21/08/1922 Bought by the Reunion Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
17/11/1926 Sold to the Pelham Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 
19/09/1928 Bought by the Earl Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 
04/09/1932 Lost Crew R Iniff
16/09/1938 Sold to McCabe & Curtis Dublin registered as D 124
1940 To the Earl Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
09/1940 Sold to the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel 


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 137005
  • Yard Number 302
  • Admiralty Number FY 1587 FY 1719
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • GT 226 NT 109
  • Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
  • Quarter Deck 61 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 74 NHP 10 knots

Sold for scrap to Thomas W. Ward Ltd 1947 and broken up at Preston

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Alafoss GY 160

Alafoss Built 21/09/1929 by Cochrane & Sons Selby for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
August 1939 Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper.
Later bought by the Admiralty. 
1940 Based at Grimsby (Ungrouped)
1941 Joined the 16th Minesweeper Group based at Grimsby
1943 Joined the 179th Minesweeper Group based at Grimsby
01/1946 Bought back from the Admiralty by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd and given new registration number GY 307

Shown Here as GY 307


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 160980
  • Yard Number 1061
  • Call Sign GRCP
  • Admiralty Number FY 715
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 357 NT 150
  • Quarter deck 78 Foc’sle 22
  • Engines C D Holmes & Co Ltd 3 Cyl 13½, 24, 39 x 27in, 103 Hp
  • Dimensions 140.4 x 25 x 13.2

Scrapped 02/1957