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