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Varanga GY 61

Varanga Built 1929 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley For Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
29/08/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper Served at Iceland throughout the war
11/1945 Returned to owners 
16/09/1945 Sold to Hudson Bros Hull
1945 Bought by Iago Steam Trawlers Ltd London renamed Red Crusader registered as LO 462 


Her Details are

  • Official Number 160968
  • Yard Number 517 
  • Admiralty Number FY 1625
  • GT 661 NT 237 
  • Dimensions 178 x 31 x 16 
  • Quarter deck 96 Foc’sle 30 
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 96 NHP 10.8 Knots 

Scrapped 16/04/1955

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Stella Sirius GY 61

Stella Sirius Built 1937 Smiths Dock Co South Bank Middlesbrough for Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd Hellyer Bros Ltd Hull 
Originally Named Turcoman H 163
1948 Renamed Bizerta 
1955 Renamed Stella Sirius
09/1959 Bought by the Dennis Roberts Fishing Co Grimsby
11/1959 Renamed Bengali 
11/1960 Renamed Ross Tracker 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 165009
  • Yard Number 1022 
  • GT 455 NT 165 
  • Dimensions 164.6 x 27.1 x 15.1 
  • Foc’sle 30   

Scrapped at Belgium 03/1963

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Senator GY 61

Senator built 1905 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
02/07/1910 Sold to the Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby
13/12/1912 Sold to the Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
09/05/1913 Bought by John L. Green Grimsby
20/12/1914 Sold to the Reunion Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
08/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
14/12/1915 To Walter Crampin Grimsby 

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
GEORGEROBERT EDWARD6021/05/1917SkipperSenator

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 122685
  • Yard Number 73
  • Admiralty Number FY 295
  • Armament 1-3pdr
  • GT 211 NT 76
  • Quarter deck 58 Foc’sle 19
  • Engines Charles. D. Holmes 60 NHP 10 knots

Mined 21/05/17 off Tory Island

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Ross Tracker GY 61

Ross Tracker Built 1937 Smiths Dock Middlesbrough for Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Hellyer Bros Ltd Hull H 163
08/1939 Bought by Admiralty
1945 Returned to Hull Ice Co
1946 Sold to Hellyer Bros
1949 Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd Hull
1949 Renamed Bizerta
1955 Renamed Stella Sirius
1957 Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd
09/1959 Sold to D Roberts ( Ross Trawlers) Registered as GY 61
11/1959 Renamed Bengali GY 61
11/1960 Renamed Ross Tracker GY 61
05/1963 sold for breaking in Belgium
12/11/1963 work began

Her Details are

  • Official Number 165009
  • Admiralty Number FY 130
  • GT 455 NT 165
  • Dimensions 164.6 x 27.1 x 15.1
  • Foc’sle 30
  • Engines Smith’s Dock Company 3cyl 133nhp

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Red Crusader GY 61

Details to follow

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James Smith GY 61

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Earl of Yarborough GY 61

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Bengali GY 61

Bengali built 1937 by Smith’s Dock Middlesborough original name Turcoman Hull
Renamed Bizerta Hull
Renamed Stella Sirius Hull
09/1959 Sold to D Roberts Fishing Co
09/1959 Registered as GY 61 Stella Sirius
11/1959 Renamed Bengali GY 61
11/1960 Renamed Ross Tracker GY 61
03/1963 went to Belgium as Ross Tracker

Seen Here as H 163

Her Details are

  • Official Number 165009
  • GT 455 NT 165
  • Dimensions 164.6 x 27.1 x 15.1
  • Foc’sle 30