GRIMSBY TRAWLERS

ATHELSTAN   ATHENIAN   LIBYAN

 

ATHELSTAN GY 648

Built 1911 Cook, Welton and Gemmell, Beverley

For Onward SFC, Grimsby

67 hp

1914 Requisitioned; converted to Minesweeper

Armament : 1 x 6 pdr AA

Admiralty Nr 343

1919 Returned to Owners

1927 Acquired by Robinsons, Grimsby

1939 Requisitioned but not converted

1940 Returned to Owners

27 April 1940  Lost; Last seen in the North Sea

Lost in position 54N : 02E, Doggerbank, presumed  mined.

 

Athelstan

ATHENIAN GY 357

Built 1919 Cook, Welton and Gemmell, Beverley

For Onward SFC, Grimsby

218 grt; 97 nrt

67 hp

1939 Requisitioned; converted to Auxiliary Patrol Vessel

1944 Converted into an Esso

1946 Returned to Owners

1946 Sunk trawler SERAPION GY 1154, in collision

1960 Sunk trawler ZEFYR, in collision

1964 Broken up, Belgium; she was the last coal burning steam trawler.

 

Athenian

LIBYAN GY 938

Built 1913 Cook, Welton and Gemmell, Beverley

For Onward SFC, Grimsby

202 grt; 90 nrt

67 hp

1915 Requisitioned; converted to Minesweeper

Admiralty Nr 1127

Armament : 1 x 6 pdr

1919 Returned to Owners

1939 Requisitioned; converted to Auxiliary Patrol Vessel

1940 Converted into an Esso; Used for target towing

1946 Returned to Owners

 

Libyan

 

 

 

Thanks to Steve Farrow for the photographs

 

Raymond Forward