As H384
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Mark Stopper & Mike Thompson
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As H384 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Mark Stopper & Mike Thompson |
Euclase GN 51
| Built | 1931 Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Steel) |
| Yard No | 565 |
| Owner at New | Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John William Lown manager) |
| ID no | 162245 |
| Launch Date | 30.05.1931 |
| Completed | 07.07.1931 |
| Gross Tons | 295 |
| Nett Tons | 131 |
| Engine | 89 hp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Length | 129 ft |
| Breadth | 24ft |
| Depth | 12.9ft |
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| 07.07.1931 | Registered at Hull H 384 |
| 12.02.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.1636) joined 7th Minesweeping group based at Lowestoft |
| 15.09.1941 | Shot down a Ju 88 bomber at No5 buoy off Lowestoft. |
| 04.04.1946 | Returned to Owners |
| 1948 | Owned by Lothian Trawling Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (Malcolm Smith, Aberdeen manager) (£27769). |
| 20.02.1948 | Hull registry closed. |
| 02.1948 | Registered at Granton GN 51 |
| 22.09.1955 | Wrecked in Freswick Bay 2 miles south of Duncansby Head Caithness in thick fog. Skipper Willie John Patterson & eleven crewmen rescued by Wick Lifeboat. |
| 26.09.1955 | All salvage attempts abandoned. |
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| Stranded and crew being rescued | |
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