Technical
Official Number: 106673
Yard Number: 532
Completed: 1896
Gross Tonnage: 144
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 104.0 ft
Breadth: 20.7 ft
Depth: 10.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by N. E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edwards Bros Ltd, North Shields
History
24.9.1896: Launched by Edwards Bros Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.532) for Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd, Grimsby as BARNSLEY.
10.1896: Completed.
27.10.1896: Registered at Grimsby (GY125).
4.1906: Transferred to The Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.717).
5.1915: Returned to owner.
12.1916: Sold to The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, manager).
13.2.1917: Fishing 13 miles N of Inishtrahull. Stopped by U-boat (U78), Skipper and Chief Engineer taken prisoner. Sunk by explosive charges.
17.2.1917: Survivors returned to Fleetwood.
9.3.1917: Grimsby registry closed.
Technical
Official Number: 108460
Yard Number: 177
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 158
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 100.0 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley
History
6.3.1897: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.177) for Thomas Baskcomb, Grimsby as ALBATROSS.
4.1897: Completed.
6.4.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY279).
5.2.1899: While sheltering in Fuzleford Harbour, Faroe Islands, arrested by Danish gunboat for being in harbour with trawls not stowed. Fined £10. On leaving harbour had machinery defect and returned to harbour. Fined a further £34 with nets and gear confiscated.
2.1908: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby.
9.1910: Sold to Alick (Alec) Black & R. Hill, Grimsby (Alick (Alec) Black, managing owner).
1913: Fishing from Fleetwood.
6. 1914: Sold to The Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Croft Baker, manager).
24.9.1916: Stopped by U-boat (U57) approx 20 miles E of Flamborough Head and sunk by gunfire.
20.10.1916: Grimsby registry closed.
Technical
Official Number: 106775
Yard Number: 209
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 188
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 112.7 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Bailey & Leetham, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley
History
ADMIRAL (GY1168) (1907) iron built
29.9.1897: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.209) for East Coast Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Robert Blades, manager) as as ADMIRAL
19.10.1897: Registered at Hull (H376).
21.10.1897: Completed.
4.1900: Sold to West Riding Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
26.4.1900: Hull registry closed.
27.4.1900: Registered at Grimsby (GY1168).
1907: Fishing from Fleetwood (Harpley C. Rowe, Fleetwood, manager).
6.1910: Sold to Richard W. Lewis, Aberdeen.
22.6.1910: Grimsby registry closed.
23.6.1910: Registered at Aberdeen (A315).
1911: Sold to Kobe Sanbashi Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, Japan (Kobe Pier Co Ltd).
19.10.1911: Aberdeen registry closed “Sold to Foreigners”. Registered at Nishinomiya as DAIGO MARU.
1920: Sold to Hara Shin-ichi, Nishinomiya, Japan.
27.11 (7?).1924: Foundered following collision.
Technical
Admiralty Number: 4418
Official Number: 144676
Yard Number: 645
Completed: 1918
Yard Number: 645
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 78
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
History
9.10.1918: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.645) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as RICHARD BRISCOLL (Ad.No.4418).
8.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper/training ship.
24.8.1920: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO440).
9.1921: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (J. S. Doeg, manager).
8.11.1921: Registered at Aberdeen (A768).
9.11.1921: London registry closed.
11.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as BRACONBURN (A768).
4.1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
6.1944: Sold to The Admiralty for use as a blockship.
30.7.1944: On passage to Scapa Flow sank after collision with American steamer LE BARON RUSSELL BRIGGS (7176grt/1944) off Bell Rock in position 56°35N/02°10W; six crew lost.
(Lost – Sk. J. A. Clixby, F. S. Barwick, A. Christy, J. W. Oldham, T. E. Taylor, J. A. Todd)
Technical
Official Number: 122699
Yard Number: 347
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 214
Net Tonnage: 77
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
History
19.6.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.347) for Alick (Alec) Black, Grimsby (managing owner) as CYRANO.
4.8.1905: Registered at Grimsby (GY80).
20.8.1905: Completed. Fishing from Fleetwood.
4.1914: Sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry C. Baker, manager).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1528).
By 1.10.1918: Based at Penzance (General Patrol and Escort work).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
13.8.1919: On a North Sea trip from Grimsby. Missing since this date.
4.10.1919: Grimsby registry closed “Missing”.
ANNEX A
6.1915: Fitted with Hotchkiss 12pdr and fitted out for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.1528).
By 1.10.1918: At Penzance (General Patrol and Escort work).
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