gy-325 – Deep Sea Trawlers

Malta ex-Weelsby built 1897 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for W Grant
11/1914 Requisitioned as auxiliary patrol vessel also decoy trap with submarine C.33
01/09/1915 North Sea Mined in field laid by UC 7 Franz Wäger the day before off Orford Ness 52.01.18N, 01.37.35E
7 Crew Lost

Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
BORMAN	HARRY	Unknown	01/09/1915	Engineman	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
TURNER	THOMAS WILLIAM	Unknown	01/09/1915	Trimmer	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
HALL	EDWARD	Unknown	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
BAIN	WILLIAM	Unknown	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
MOLLOY	PATRICK	23	01/09/1915	Seaman	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
PICKERING	WILLIAM	28	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
ARMES	THOMAS	36	01/09/1915	Second Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”

Her Details are

Official Number 108468
Yard Number 183
Admiralty Number FY 700
GT 138 NT 46
Quarter deck 17
Dimensions 94 x 20.5 x 10.7
Engines C D Holmes 40rhp 3 Cyl 10.0 Knots

01/09/1915 Mined off North Shipwash Buoy whilst in Admiralty Service

George Aunger Built 1917 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley Sold to the Admiralty whilst still on the stocks and completed as a Non-Standard Castle Class bomb thrower/minesweeper
1919 Registered by the Admiralty as a trawler LO 403 given Official number 145079
1922 Sold to the Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby registered as GY 325
1929 Bought by G. Leiper Aberdeen registered as A 37

Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
BANCONE	FRANCESCO CICILLO	26	19/02/1919	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “George Aunger”

Her Details are

Official Number 145079
Yard Number 376
GT 260 NT 112
Dimensions 125.4 x 22.7 x 12.2
Quarter deck 71
Engines Amos & Smith 480 IHP 10½ knots

16/07/1955 Wrecked after running ashore in thick fog on May Island Firth of Forth whilst on a coaling trip Two of her crew were lost four were rescued