GRIMSBY TRAWLERS

TRIBUNE

 

TRIBUNE GY 563 

Built 1915 Cochrane, Selby

Owner : Anchor SFC, Grimsby

302 grt; 158 nrt; 84 hp

Requisioned September 1916; Converted into Minesweeper

Armament : 1 x 6 pdr AA; 1 x 7.5 inch; Bomb Thrower (A/S Howitzer)

Admiralty Nr 1847

February 1918 Renamed TRIBUNE II

1920 Returned to owners

Renamed LORD BEACONSFIELD

 

Four of the Crew Members

Anderson, Alexander, 96 Duncombe Street, Grimsby; 558 Trimmer, Cook

Forward, Walter, Back 37 Kent Street, Grimsby; 22608DA; Deck Hand

(Son of Charles Forward of the THEBAN)

Powdill, Joseph Patrick, 115 Harold Street, Grimsby; 2133; Mate

Turner, George, 29 Stanley Street, Grimsby; 972 E.S.; Chief Engineer

 

GY563 Lord Beaconsfield - ex TRIBUNE

Thanks to Steve Farrow

 

 

MALTA GY 325

Built 1897

138 grt

1914 Requisitioned and converted into Auxiliary Patrol Vessel

Admiralty Nr 700

1^st September 1915  Lost; Mined N Shipwash Buoy

 

NADINE GY 138

Built 1895 as the NIOBE

1914 Requisitioned and converted into Auxiliary Patrol Vessel

Admiralty Nr 693

1^st September 1915  Lost; Mined Shipwash Buoy

 

 

 

 

Raymond Forward