Tag: ww1-1915-07-11

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11/07/1915 Sunk by U Boat 45 miles E N E of Hornsea Yorkshire

Sir Percivale Built 1899 Edwards Bros North Shields for Excalibur Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
03/1909 Sold to owners in Demark renamed Nansen 
05/1910 Went to Alec Black Grimsby renamed Hainton registered as GY 535
12/1912 Sold to W. Ellis Grimsby 

Her Details are

• Official Number 110863
• Yard Number 600 
• GT 156 NT 59 
• Dimensions 106 x 20.7 x 11 
• Quarter deck 18 lengthened to 53 feet in 1914 Foc’sle 19   

Sunk by gunfire from a U-boat 45 mile off Hornsea 11/07/1915

Hainton built 1899 by Edwards Bros North Shields as SIR PERCIVALE for Excaliber Steam Fishing Co and Registered GY 1078
03/1909 Renamed NANSEN owned in Denmark
05/1910 Renamed HAINTON GY535 for A. Black
12/1912 owned by W. Ellis Grimsby
11/07/1915 Sunk by the German submarine U-25 Otto Wünsche
45 miles NE x E from Hornsea
The crew were picked up by the Hull trawler EARL and landed at Grimsby
Listed Crew William Erskin Chief Engneer age 50
and P R Watson Skipper age 42

Her Details are

• Official Number 110863
• GT 156

11/07/1915 Sunk by U Boat 45 miles N E by E of Spurn Point