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Condor II GY 85

Condor built 1905 Cook Welton & Gemmel of Beverley for Thomas Bascomb’s of Grimsby
10/1914 Sold to M A Bascomb 
11/1914 Requisitioned as a Patrol vessel but not fitted out
22/11/1914 North Sea – Wrecked off Lowestoft Suffolk 52.29N 01.48E 
No lives lost, Hepper identifies her as taken up for service as a patrol vessel but had not been fitted out
Stranded off Lowestoft on Newcome Sands at 1050 in strong easterly gale crew taken off by local lifeboat an hour later and vessel abandoned as wreck

Her details are

  • Official Number 122703
  • Yard Number 79
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • 227 GT 95 NT
  • Dimensions 124.9 x 22 x 11.6
  • Quarter Deck 69′ Foc’sle 19′
  • Engines by C D Holmes  63NHP 10.5Knots

22/11/1914 Abandoned on Newcome Sands off Lowestoft whilst in Admiralty Service

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Assyrian GY 401

Assyrian built 05/02/1908 Coopers of Selby for Great Central Co-Op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1909 Requisitioned and renamed SPIDER Converted to a mine sweeper and employed on M/S Experiments at Portland
1914 based at Portsmouth as an M/S Training Ship for Fishery Reserve Crews
Her Chief Gunner was Albert Frankland She was headed inshore at 2.00 am in a strong easterly gale with very heavy seas and was driven onto the beach near the War Signal Station at the Northern end of the breakwater, Lowestoft. The crew were taken off by lifeboat and she was abandoned as a wreck, the remains were sold 04/1915

Her Details Are

  • Official Number 127837
  • Yard Number 426
  • Admiralty Number FY 54
  • Armament 1 x 6pdr
  • 256 GT 107 NT
  • Dimensions 127 x 22 x 11.6
  • Quarter Deck 68′ Foc’sle 21′

22/11/1914 Wrecked off Lowestoft whilst in Admiralty Service