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Othello GY 333

Othello built 10/1907 Cochranes of Selby for A bannister
09/1914 Requisitioned for War Service
1919 Returned
07/1922 Sold to Forward Steam Fishing Co
27/11/1939 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper
11/06/1940 Converted to a Boom Gate Vessel
11/04/1941 Mined in the River Humber 3.5 cables N by E of Haile Sand Fort
All Crew Lost

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
BeanKeith ThomasUnknown11/04/1941Able SeamanH.M.Othello
BlairDonald2211/04/1941Assistant CookH.M.Othello
CoupeWilliamUnknown11/04/1941Stoker 1st ClassH.M.Othello
CrumplerHerbert RussellUnknown11/04/1941Chief StokerH.M.Othello
JonesDavid MervynUnknown11/04/1941StewardH.M.Othello
LakenAlbertUnknown11/04/1941Ordinary SeamanH.M.Othello
McDonaldFredrick HenryUnknown11/04/1941Ordinary SeamanH.M.Othello
RoperFrank Morewood2311/04/1941Able SeamanH.M.Othello
RussellJames Arthur5311/04/1941Petty OfficerH.M.Othello
TrenchWalter3511/04/1941Boom SkipperH.M.Othello
WakefieldJohn Aubrey5111/04/1941Warrant OfficerH.M.Othello
Williams Albert RuyssellUnknown11/04/1941Stoker 1st ClassH.M.Othello


Her Details are

  • Official Number 125080
  • Yard Number
  • Admiralty Number FY 619 FY 783
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • GT 201 NT 94
  • Dimensions 115 x 21.6 x 11.5
  • Quarter Deck 59 Foc’sle 20
  • Engines C D Holmes 67rhp 3 cyl 10.5 Knots

11/04/1941 Mined River Humber whilst in Admiralty Service

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Boston Valetta GY 333

Boston Valetta Built 22/05/1956 John Lewis & Sons Aberdeen for Don Fishing Co Ltd
06/1961 Transferred to Acadia Fisheries Ltd Halifax Nova Scotia Renamed Acadia Finfare 
1962 Registered as St. Johns
1968 Transferred to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Lowestoft Renamed Boston Valetta registered LT 256 
1971 Sold to Pounds Shipbreakers & Shipbrokers Ltd Portsmouth 
1972 Transferred to Pounds Marine Shipping Ltd Havant 
1973 Owned by Blythe Securities Ltd London Later sold to Dunedale Ltd 28 Victoria Street Douglas Became Lady Cora 


Her Details are

  • Official Number 184945
  • Yard Number  259 
  • Call Sign MXBL 
  • GT 239 NT 81 
  • Dimensions 108.5 x 24 x 11.5 
  • Foc’sle 18 
  • Engines 6 cylinder 528hp Widdop 

Sold for scrap in 1976 to T. G. Darling Oulton Broad