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As "Sardinian" GY 251 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Johnleif Jenson Faeroe Islands |
Cramond Island LH 26
| Built | 1915 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley as "War Wing" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 326 |
| Owner at New | Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Alec Black manager) |
| ID no | 138945 |
| Launch Date | 29.04.1915 |
| Completed | 02.1916 |
| Gross Tons | 226 |
| Nett Tons | 109 |
| Engine | 75 hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull |
| Length | 117ft |
| Breadth | 22ft |
| Depth | 12.7ft |
| Owners | |
| 03.02.1916 | Registered at Grimsby GY 857. |
| 06.1916 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad.No.3286) based at Dover. |
| 05.12.1916 | Mortgaged by Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (A). |
| 05.12.1916 | Mortgagee: London City & Midland Bank, London (secure account & interest). |
| 22.12.1916 | Mortgage (A) discharged. |
| 27.12.1916 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby (owner/manager). |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners. |
| 01.12.1919 | Mortgaged by Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby (B). |
| 01.12.1919 | Mortgagee: Barclays Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest). |
| 22.10.1935 | Bill of Sale (under mortgage (B)): Owned by Fred Parkes, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes owner/manager). |
| 24.10.1935 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby (C. Dobson manager). |
| 14.11.1935 | Mortgaged by Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby (C). |
| 14.11.1935 | Mortgagee: National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest). |
| 29.11.1939 | Requisitioned as an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel |
| 06.1940 | Converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.906) joined 116th minesweeping group based at Harwich, Nore command. |
| 04.1944 | Deployed as a Stores carrier. |
| 07.03.1945 | Mortgage (C) discharged. |
| 26.03.1945 | Bill of sale: Owned by Wembley Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 27.03.1945 | Arthur Gladstone Hamer appointed manager. |
| 04.04.1945 | Mortgaged by Wembley Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (D). |
| 04.04.1945 | Mortgagee: Barclays Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest). |
| 01.1946 | Returned to Owners |
| 23.04.1948 | Mortgage (D) discharged. |
| 29.09.1948 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Wharfedale Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 04.10.1948 | Harry Markham Cook appointed manager. |
| 13.10.1948 | Albert Dudley Scales, Leith Edinburgh appointed manager. |
| 01.12.1948 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Cramond Fishing Co Ltd, Leith Edinburgh (Thomas H. Scales & Sons Ltd managers). |
| 07.01.1949 | Sent out an SOS for assistance while 142 miles off Dunnet Head, Caithness, the S.S. "Bassano" (4986g/1946) about ten hours away was going to her aid. |
| 03.06.1949 | Grimsby registry closed. |
| 06.1949 | Renamed "CRAMOND ISLAND" |
| 06.1949 | Registered at Leith LH 26. |
| 07.1953 | Owned by Sir Thomas Robinson & Son (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (Frank Bellamy Robinson manager). |
| 07.1953 | Leith registry closed. |
| 04.07.1953 | Registered at Grimsby GY 251. |
| 11.08.1953 | Renamed "SARDINIAN". |
| 07.11.1964 | Scrapped by Scrapping Co SRL at Antwerp Belgium (laid up in Grimsby for two years). |
| Note :-The last coal burning trawler to fish from Grimsby. | |