Tag: ww1-1917-02-22

Lord Collingwood built 19/07/1894 Cook Welton & Gemmell for George W Brown of Hull 
Originally Named City of Exeter Registered as H 256
09/04/1912 Went to Port of Blyth Steam Fishing Co Blyth
Registered BH 96 renamed Lord Collingwood
10/12/1914 Went to Beacon Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
Registered as GY 405
23/10/1915 Went to Aldersyde Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
08/11/1916 she went to Richard W Crawford Scarborough

Her Details are

• Official Number 102961
• Yard Number 123
• 148 GT 60 NT
• Dimensions 100.4 x 20.8
• Engines by C D Holmes 45 NHP 10 Knots

22/02/1917 Captured by U-boat and sunk 129 miles from Longstone

Frolic Built 1890 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
First registered as a liner
07/1915 Sold to J. Bacon
09/1915 Sold to Grimsby group of owners
10/1916 Sold to owners in Scarborough
22/02/1917 Sank by U-Boat gunfire 90 miles off Aberdeen 
22/02/1917 Frolic was sunk by the German submarine UC-42 Otto Heinrich Tornow 90 miles ExS of Aberdeen. There were no casualties
On 22/02/1917 Lord Collingwood SH 266 and Frolic GY 237 came up against an enemy submarine whilst fishing off Aberdeen
Both crews were allowed to board their Lifeboats before the trawlers were sunk. The crew of the Frolic were found that same day. It was 6 days and 11 hours before the Lord Collingwood crew were found
Crew lost on 29/01/1921 W.H. Salsbury Lost

Her Details are

• Official Number 96213
• GT 183 NT 79
• Dimensions 107.4 x 20.5 x 11.5
• Quarter deck 42 Foc’sle 20

Sank by U-Boat gunfire 90 miles E by S of Aberdeen on the 22/02/1917