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S.T. King Erik GY474


  	  	 
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King Erik


		
Technical
Official Number 110879
Yard Number 233
Admiralty Number 1368
Gross Tonnage 227
Net Tonnage 90
Length114 ft
Breadth21.6 ft
Draught12 ft
Built atCochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby, 1899
50 RHP engineCD Holmes Ltd, Hull
OwnerBoston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd
History
March 29 1899Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.233) for Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as KING ERIK.
April 1899Completed. Registered at Grimsby (GY10).
1904Sold to Frank Barrett, Grimsby.
1905Transferred to Norway. Registered at Strömstad, Sweden (SD33).
October 1911New boiler fitted.
1915Registered at Grimsby (GY474).
April 1915Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.1368).
1919Returned.
1920Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, Grimsby (G. W. P. Margarson, manager).
1922Sold to T. W. Bascomb, Grimsby.
1940Sold to T. W. Bascomb, Grimsby. 1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
September 06 1941 Lost with all hands (15 men) off Iceland. U-141 (Schuler) hit two trawlers with torpedoes on consecutive days. One was JARLINN and the other KING ERIK. Both vessels exploded.
October 27 1941Loss reported to families.

Crew information courtesy of David Lewis



Francis Henry Davidson (40) Skipper John Bradford Brewer (32) 2nd Hand Frederick Durbin (33) 3rd Hand
Edward Christopher Bowles (54) Deck Hand John James Grundy (20) Deck Hand Thomas Wall (28) Deck Hand
Walter Austin Helme (18) Deck Hand Arthur Leach (44) Deck Hand George Aisthorpe (56) Chief Engineer
George Cyril Bond (25) Fireman Trimmer William Matthew Lewis (38) Fireman Trimmer James Garton (52) Cook
William Arthur Watson (37) 2nd engineer George Wilkins (50) Deckhand Joseph Wroe (37) Deckhand