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Ulster Built 1897 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for the Grimsby Union Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
11/1910 Sold to J A Harrow Aberdeen A 337
09/1915 Requisitioned as a Boom Defence trawler
1919 Returned
23/01/1925 Stranded on Rocks at Cliffs at Earnsheugh Bay 5 miles south of Aberdeen
3 Crew Rescued but 5 Lost 

Her Details are

• Official Number 108473
• Yard Number 187 
• GT 185 NT 72 
• Dimensions 110 x 21 x 11.3 
• Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 19   
• Engines Amos & Smith 50rhp 3 cyl 10.0 Knots

Niobe Built 1898 Mackie & Thomson Govan for the Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
07/1901 To owners in Norway 
06/1914 back to the Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Nadine registered as GY 138 

Her Details are

• Official Number 109524
• Yard Number 191 
• GT 150 NT 39 
• Dimensions 100.6 x 20.5 x 10.7 
• Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 18   

01/09/1915 Sank by mine off the Shipwash Buoy whilst on Admiralty service

Malta ex-Weelsby built 1897 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for W Grant
11/1914 Requisitioned as auxiliary patrol vessel also decoy trap with submarine C.33
01/09/1915 North Sea Mined in field laid by UC 7 Franz Wäger the day before off Orford Ness 52.01.18N, 01.37.35E
7 Crew Lost

Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
BORMAN	HARRY	Unknown	01/09/1915	Engineman	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
TURNER	THOMAS WILLIAM	Unknown	01/09/1915	Trimmer	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
HALL	EDWARD	Unknown	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
BAIN	WILLIAM	Unknown	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
MOLLOY	PATRICK	23	01/09/1915	Seaman	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
PICKERING	WILLIAM	28	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”
ARMES	THOMAS	36	01/09/1915	Second Hand	H.M. Trawler “Malta.”

Her Details are

• Official Number 108468
• Yard Number 183
• Admiralty Number FY 700
• GT 138 NT 46
• Quarter deck 17
• Dimensions 94 x 20.5 x 10.7
• Engines C D Holmes 40rhp 3 Cyl 10.0 Knots

01/09/1915 Mined off North Shipwash Buoy whilst in Admiralty Service

Nadine built 05/1898 for Orient Steam Fishing
originally Named Niobe Registered as GY 602
07/1901 went to Norway owners
06/1914 went to Orient Steam Fishing Co Renamed Nadine GY 138
11/1914 Requisitioned as auxiliary patrol vessel
01/09/1915 North Sea – Harwich-based tender to HMS Ganges shore training establishment at Shotley Suffollk
Skipper Percy Michael Saunders RNR Mined in field laid by UC.7 Franz Wäger the day before.
Sank off North Shipwash Buoy off Orford Ness 52.01.18N 01.37.35E
Skipper and 8 ratings lost 3 survivors

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of death	Rank	Boat
AMIS	John James	36	01/09/1915	2nd Hand	Nadine
BALLS	Arthur William	45	01/09/1915	Engineman	Nadine
FISH	William	47	01/09/1915	Engineman	Nadine
FITZGERALD	Patrick	20	01/09/1915	Seaman	Nadine
FRANCIS	Henry	18	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	Nadine
JOHNSON	John Fredrick	21	01/09/1915	Deck hand	Nadine
SAUNDERS	Percy Michael	Unknown	01/09/1915	Skipper	Nadine
SHILLITO	Ernest Saunders	37	01/09/1915	Trimmer	Nadine
STRATHERS	Walter	Unknown	01/09/1915	Deck Hand	Nadine

Her Details are

• Official Number 109524
• Admiralty Number FY 693
• GT 150 NT 39
• Dimensions 100.6 x 20.5 x 10.7
• Quarter Deck 17 Foc’sle 18

01/09/1915 Mined off North Shipwash Buoy whilst in Admiralty Service