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Restless GY 379

Restless Built 09/1891 Earles of Hull for W Smith
10/1892 went to G F Sleight
01/1915 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel
23/09/1916 Stopped and Sunk by UC 16 Commanded by Egon Von Werner by gunnery 40 miles SE x E of the Spurn Light Vessel

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 99182
  • Admiralty Number FY 1041
  • GT 125 NT 49
  • Dimensions 92 x 20.1 x 10.6
  • Quarter Deck 18′

24/09/1916 Sunk by U Boat 40 miles S E by E of Spurn light Vessel

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Rego GY 1239

Rego Built 02/1903 G Cooper of Hull for G F Sleight
23/09/1916 She was sunk by a UC 16 of the Flandern No1 Flotilla commanded by Egon Von Werner, 40 miles S E by E of Spurn Point.
She was stopped and sunk by Gun Fire from the Submarine with no casualties
She was returning to Grimsby from Fishing.

Her details are 

  • Official number 113239
  • 177 GT 48 NT 
  • Dimensions 102.5 x 21 x 11.1
  • Quarter Deck 46′ Foc’sle 19′ 

24/09/1916 Stopped and sunk by Gun Fire from the U Boat  40 miles S E by E of Spurn Point

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Ullapool GY 1123

Ullapool Built 1899 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for the Union Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd Grimsby
03/1913 Sold to the Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
04/1913 Renamed Vocates 
12/1913 Sold to the Grimsby North Sea Steam trawling Co Ltd Grimsby
01/1914 Renamed Aphelion 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 110922
  • GT 197 NT 73 
  • Dimensions 110.5 x 21.2 x 11.2 
  • Quarter deck 46 Foc’sle 18  

Sunk by U-boat gunfire 20 miles off Flamborough 24/09/1916

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Devonshire GY 766

Devonshire Built 1898 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for North Lincolnshire Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
24/09/21916 Devonshire was on a fishing voyage when she was stopped by a German submarine U57. The crew where told to take to their boats and the trawler sunk by gunfire.
She was one of 19 trawlers to be captured by a German submarine and sunk while fishing off the Yorkshire coast
U-57 was responsible for at least 16 of the trawlers sank

Her Details are

  • Official Number 109802
  • Yard Number 199 
  • GT 148 NT 51 
  • Dimensions 97.4 x 20.6 x 11 
  • Quarter deck 18 
  • Engines C D Holmes 40rhp 3 cyl 10.0 Knots

24/09/1916 Sunk by U Boat 33 miles N E 1/2 N of Spurn Light Vessel

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Cynthia GY 346

Cynthia Built 1897 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd Middlesbrough for Mitchell & Allen Grimsby
24/09/1916 Skipper D. Appleyard This trawler was on a fishing voyage 23 miles East by South, half South of Flamborough Head when she was stopped by a German submarine
The crew where told to take to their boats and the trawler sunk by gunfire She was one of 19 trawlers to be captured by a German submarine and sunk while fishing off the Yorkshire coast, during the hours of darkness
U-57 was responsible for at least 16 of the trawlers sank

Her Details are

  • Official Number 99164
  • Yard Number 341
  • GT 167 NT 45
  • Quarter deck 20 Foc’sle 19 
  • Dimensions 96.5 x 20.3 x 10.7

24/09/1916 Sunk by U Boat 23 miles E by S 1/2 S of Flamborough Head

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Briton GY 374

Briton Built 08/06/1891 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd Cleveland Yard Middlesbrough for Great Grimsby Albion Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
01/1915 Sold to E. D. Baxter & A. W. Green Grimsby

Her Details are

  • Official Number 99179 
  • Yard Number 343  
  • Call Sign MJPV
  • GT 134 NT 55 
  • Dimensions 96.3 x 20.3 x 10.7 
  • Quarter deck 20 Foc’sle 19  

24/09/1916 Sunk by U-boat gunfire about 18 miles S E by E of Flamborough Head

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Aphelion GY 1123

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24/09/1916 Sunk by U Boat 20 miles E of Flamborough Head

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Albatross GY 279

Albatross Built 04/1897 by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley for T. Baskcomb, Grimsby
02/1908 went to T. W. Baskcomb Grimsby
09/1910 Bought by A. Black & R Hill Grimsby 
06/1914 Sold to Savoy Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Grimsby
24/09/1916 Stopped by U 57 approx 20 miles East of Flamborough Head and sunk by Gun Fire
All Crew saved


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 108460
  • Yard Number 177
  • Call Sign QGNJ
  • Dimensions 100 x 20.5 x 11.2
  • Quarter Deck 17 Foc’sle 19
  • Engines C D Holmes 45 rhp 3 Cyl 10.0 Knots

24/09/1916 Sank by U-boat gunfire about 20 miles off Flamborough