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Warwickshire Built 1936 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for the Warwickshire Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 
04/1940 Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd Grimsby
30/04/1940 Sunk by aircraft off Trondheim but later salved by the Germans 
1942 Renamed Alame 

Her Details are

• Official Number 164407
• Yard Number 998 
• GT 466 NT 168 
• Dimensions 164.1 x 27.1 x 14.3 
• Quarter deck 85 Foc’sle 30  

30/04/1940 Sunk by Aircraft Trondheim area whilst in Admiralty Service but later salved by the Germans  19/07/1943 Torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine S 56

Jardine Built 1935 Cochrane & Sons Selby for the Crampin Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 
Scuttled by the Allies following an attack by aircraft off Norway Coast whilst on Admiralty service 
25/04/1940 The Germans succeeded in salving her and returned her to service as the Cherusker

Her Details are

• Official Number 164405
• Yard Number 1151
• GT 452 NT 191
• Dimensions 161.8 x 27.1 14.2
• Quarter deck 88 Foc’sle 28

30/04/1940 Scuttled by our forces after damage by Aircraft West Coast of Norway