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Whitby GY 524

Whitby Built 1898 Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Irvine for Hagerup Doughty & Co Grimsby 
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co.
1918 Hired by the Admiralty
1919 Returned
05/1922 Bought by Mason Steam Trawling Co Ltd Fleetwood registered as FD 147
10/1928 Surveyed at Milford Haven 
1929 Sold to F. L. Youds Milford Haven
1937 Sold to Pettit & Youds port of registry was Milford Haven
04/04/1941 whilst outward bound from Milford Haven Bombed by aircraft 3 miles SSE of Blackwater Light Vessel All nine of the crew were saved

Her Details are

  • Official Number 108499
  • Yard Number 2 
  • GT 164 NT 51 
  • Dimensions 104.2 x 21 x 11.7 
  • Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 18 
  • Engines 3 Cyl 10, 16, 27 in x 20 in 45 rhp Muir & Houston Ltd Glasgow 

Lost 04/04/1941 whilst outward bound from Milford Haven Bombed by aircraft 3 miles SSE of Blackwater Light Vessel

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Fifeshire GY 524

Fifeshire Built 1938 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Fifeshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd Markham Cook Grimsby
08/1939 Bought by owners in Hull

SurnameForenameAge At DeathDate Of DeathRankBoat
ARMITAGEPERCY2320/02/1940SignalmanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
PARSONSARTHUR ROY BAST3420/02/1940TelegraphistH.M. Trawler Fifeshire
LLOYDJAMES ARTHUR2220/02/1940SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
LOADESROBERT WILSON3120/02/1940Second HandH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
LEPPINGTONJAMES E.4320/02/1940Petty Officer StokerH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
BREWERJOHN RICHARD GOODWINUnknown20/02/1940Seaman CookH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
BUXTONCHARLES HENRYUnknown20/02/1940Chief EnginemanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
COOKWALTER JAMESUnknown20/02/1940Seaman StewardH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
DODSWORTHHARRY2720/02/1940SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
COOPERJOHN CAM2220/02/1940Acting Sub LieutenantH.M. Trawler Fifeshire
CHICKENJOHN ROBERT2120/02/1940SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
MACLEODALEXANDER2820/02/1940SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire
PLATTENROLANDUnknown20/02/1940SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
PLUMMERCHARLES WILLIAM2820/02/1940StokerH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
WATSONALEXANDERUnknown20/02/1940StokerH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
MACKAYDONALDUnknown20/02/1940Leading SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
PLATTROBERT ARMSTRONGUnknown20/02/1940SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
WALKERCHARLES WILLIAMUnknown20/02/1940SeamanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
ROSEREGINALD JAMESUnknown20/02/1940EnginemanH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
SEARLES-WOODJOHN VALENTINE2020/02/1940Sub-LieutenantH.M. Trawler Fifeshire.

Her Details are

  • Official Number 166626
  • Yard Number 1035
  • GT 540 NT 198
  • Dimensions 175.8 x 28.6 x 15
  • Quarter deck 80 Foc’sle 34

Sank by enemy aircraft fire in the Orkneys 20/02/1940