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Slasher GY 1167

SLASHER built 1900 Originally Sethon
07/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
NIXONWILLIAM HENRY2201/06/1940Deck Hand Slasher

Her Details are 

  • Official Number
  • Admiralty Number 1744
  • GT 195
  • Armament 1-6pdr

01/06/1940 Sunk by Aircraft 70 miles N E by 1/2 E of River Humber

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Argyllshire GY 528

Argyllshire Built 02/02/1938 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Banffshire Fishing Co Ltd Markham Cook Grimsby
08/1939 To owners in Hull
09/1939 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel and joined the 11th A/S Striking Group 
April/May 1940 Took part in the Norwegian Campaign and Operation Dynamo the evacuation of Dunkirk 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 166629
  • Yard Number 1036
  • GT 540 NT 198
  • Quarter Deck 80 Foc’sle 34
  • Dimensions 175.8 x 28.6 x 15
  • Engines 99 HP

Sunk by E-boat near Dunkirk on the 01/06/1940 Registered at Hull at the time