Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 139309
Yard Number: 667
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 321
Net Tonnage: 130
Length: 138.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 575ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

3.6.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.667) for J. H. Robins & Co Ltd, Hull as SEA KING.
12.1916: Completed.
3.1.1917: Registered at Hull (H531).
1.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3321) operated as a “Q” ship REMEXO.
11.1918: Sold to Grant & Baker Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (Arthur Grant, manager).
1.11.1918: Hull registry closed.
8.11.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1251). Northern Patrol.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
15.8.1929: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
23.8.1929: John Wilfred Grant appointed manager.
24.6.1932: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Howe Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1932: Hugh Bourne Grant, appointed manager.
14.1.1934: Took onboard crew (ex Skipper and Ch. Eng.) of trawler St. ENDELLION (LO115) stranded south of Kopervik, Norway.
6.3.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
8.3.1934: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
25.4.1934: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
5.4.1936: Mortgage (B) discharged.
27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.NI)(Hire rate £93.12.6d/month). Based Grimsby with M/S Group 40.
9.10.1940: Mined 28 miles from Bull Sand Fort, Grimsby Road; thirteen crew killed.
24.5.1944: Grimsby registry closed “Ship lost on Admiralty service 10.9.1940.”

(Killed – Ty/Sk. Leslie Rushby; Ty/Act/Sk. Thomas Sleeth; George E. Atkinson & Wilfred S. Lancaster, Enginemen; William C. Montier, AB; Francis W. Bruce, David W. Dickson, David F. Noble, seamen; Thomas M. Bexfield, seaman/steward; Stanley Cudworth, seaman/cook; Harold A. Hudson, O/telegraphist; James P. Sleeman, stoker; Ronald Peck, stoker 2c.)

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S.T. Sea King GY1251
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

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04/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.