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Earl Lennox GY 367
Earl Lennox built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper Renamed Erling TN 258 later Earl Lennox
1915 Sold to the Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
23/10/1917 off SW Scotland Skipper George William Taylor RNR Escorting ammunition carrier Dunarea through the Sound of Islay with trawler Davara
Earl Lennox was mined forward at 1300 the mine laid by U 79 Otto Rohrbeck
She broke up and sank off the entrance to the Sound separating Islay and Jura islands 55.44.30N 06.00W
7 ratings lost
Believing the explosion to be a U-boat attack Davara lowered a boat to assist but continued to escort Dunarea through the Sound
On returning only four survivors had been found
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Surname | Forename | Age At Death | Date Of Death | Rank | Boat |
HARTLEY | JOHN FOSTER CRAWFORD | 23 | 23/10/1917 | Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.” |
COATES | THOMAS | 41 | 23/10/1917 | Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.” |
DALTON | OLIVER JAMES | 53 | 23/10/1917 | Engineman | H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.” |
BORMAN | WALTER WILLOUGHBY | 40 | 23/10/1917 | Engineman | H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.” |
LUCAS | WILLIAM THOMAS | 21 | 23/10/1917 | Trimmer | H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.” |
HUBBARD | ALBERT | 17 | 23/10/1917 | Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.” |
ELLARBY | CHARLES EDWARD | 51 | 23/10/1917 | Second Hand | H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.” |
Her Details are
- Official Number 137014
- Yard Number 306
- Admiralty Number 1441
- Armament 1 6pdr
- GT 226 NT 109
- Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
- Engines Charles D. Holmes 75 NHP 10 knots
23/10/1917 Mined off enterance to Sound of Islay whilst
Belldock GY 367
Belldock Built 23/12/1916 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd Ward & Son Fleetwood as Leam
Sold to owners in North Shields and renamed Belldock
01/1941 Bought by the Crampin Steam Fishing Co Grimsby and registered as GY 367
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Her Details are
- Official Number 139214
- Yard Number 658
- GT 236 NT 90
- Dimensions 117.4 x 22.6 x 13.1
16/11/1953 Stranded Balta Sound Shetland Isles
Daily Telegraph GY 367
Daily Telegraph Built 1919 Cochrane & Sons Selby for J. Johannsson Iceland as Ingolfur Arnarson
Sold to owners in the Faeroes and renamed Royndin
05/1931 Bought by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Grimsby renamed Daily Telegraph
Registered GY 367
09/1933 Sold to owners in France and renamed La Vierge Aux Roses
Bought by owners in Iceland and renamed Juni
Her Details are
- Official Number 161010
- Yard Number 736
- GT 328 NT 116
- Dimensions 140.3 x 24 x 10.9
- Quarter deck 80 Foc’sle 22
Scrapped in 1949