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Positional information courtesy of Captain Hilmar Snorrason
Goth crew information courtesy of the late Fred Hobbs

 	  	




 	  	 

 	  	  

 	  	  	
 	  	  	 

 	  	  	  

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    Technical
	

	




Official Number 148478



Yard Number 468


Pennant Number FY649


Launched June 08 1925


Registered August 20 1925


Gross Tonnage394



Length147.5 ft


Breadth25.1 ft


99 nhp engineAmos & Smith


Speed10.5 ft


Armament (WWII) 1 x 12 pdr



Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1925


OwnerWyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd







		

    History
	




		

    1925
	Built for Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull as H 211.



August 29 1939
Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY 649. 


November 1945Returned to owners.
 


August 01 1945Sold to Ocean Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.



December 13 1946Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.



December 16 1946Vessel disappeared whilst running for shelter at Adalvik, north west Iceland, with the loss of all 21 of her crew. A wireless message from the GOTH stating her intention to seek shelter was picked up by the Grimsby vessel LINCOLN CITY.



November 15 1997The Icelandic trawler HELGA (RE 49) picked up a funnel in her nets while fishing NNW of Halo in 345 fathoms, 43 nautical miles to the norwest of Straumnes, in position 66.59,8N by 024.28,9W.. It was taken to Reykjavic and identified as part of the GOTH. The funnel has now been returned to Fleetwood where relatives of those who were lost intend to preserve it as a memorial.












    Skipper
    Wilfred (Wink) Elliot

    Mate
    A. Plummer




    Bosun
    W. Edwards
    Chief Engineer

    G. Knight




    Second Engineer
    A (Alf) Patterson
    Wireless Operator

    S. Bowles




    Fireman
    J. Beattie
    Fireman
    T. Dagger





    Cook
    H. Blyth
    Assistant Cook
    Assistant Cook




    Deckhand

    H. Buckley
    Deckhand
    J. Davies




    Deckhand
    W. Durbin

    Deckhand
    N. Grisenthwaite




    Deckhand
    E. Parker
    Deckhand

    B. Redman




    Deckhand
    H. Smith
    Deckhand
    R. Snasdell





    Deckhand
    J. Tandy
    Deckhand
    R. Rhimes






 	
 	  	

 	  	 

 	  	  

 	  	  	
 	  	  	 

 	  	  	  

 	  	  	  	
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