In the middle at Grimsby Fish Docks
©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Mark Stopper & Steve Pulfrey
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In the middle at Grimsby Fish Docks |
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©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Mark Stopper & Steve Pulfrey |
Great Admiral GY 733
| Built | 1907 Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Steel) |
| Yard No | 160 |
| Owner at New | Edward Cyril Grant & Joseph William Little, Grimsby (Edward Cyril Grant owner/manager) |
| ID no | 127825 |
| Launch Date | 07.12.1907 |
| Completed | 02.1908 |
| Gross Tons | 284 |
| Nett Tons | 117 |
| Engine | 82 hp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Length | 135ft |
| Breadth | 22.5ft |
| Depth | 12ft |
| Owners | |
| 12.02.1908 | Registered at Grimsby GY 361. |
| 13.02.1908 | Mortgaged to William Somerville Letten & George Somerville Letten, Grimsby (£4000 @ 5%). (A) |
| 01.10.1912 | Mortgage discharged (A) |
| 10.1912 | Owned by Thorarinn Olgeirsson, Reykjavik Iceland (Hf.Island - Jes Zimsen manager) for £7000 (never paid as this was probably to secure his services). |
| 04.10.1912 | Grimsby registry closed |
| 10.1912 | Registered at Reykjavik RE 152. |
| 10.1915 | Owned by Edward Cyril Grant, Grimsby (owner/manager). |
| 10.1915 | Reykjavik registry closed. |
| 28.10.1915 | Registered at Grimsby GY 733. |
| 30.10.1915 | Bill of Sale: Owned by A. & M. Smith Ltd, Leith Edinburgh (Harry Alexander Holmes Aberdeen, manager). |
| 29.05.1917 | Requisitioned as a Fishery Reserve Vessel. |
| 1919 | Returned to Owners. |
| 27.01.1920 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, London. |
| 29.10.1920 | George William Payne Margarson appointed manager. |
| 02.02.1920 | Mortgaged by Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, London (A) |
| 02.02.1920 | Mortgagee, Barclays Bank Ltd, London. |
| 23.03.1922 | Company in voluntary liquidation. |
| 10.08.1922 | Placed in compulsory liquidation. |
| 06.09.1922 | Bill of Sale under motrgage (A): Owned by Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby (owner/manager). |
| 06.09.1922 | Mortgaged by Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby (B). |
| 06.09.1922 | Mortgagee, Barclays Bank Ltd, London. |
| 12.09.1922 | Thomas William Baskcomb appointed manager. |
| 22.10.1935 | Bill of Sale under mortgage (B): Owned by Fred Parkes, Fleetwood. |
| 29.10.1935 | Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager. |
| 25.11.1935 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. |
| 04.12.1935 | Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager. |
| 08.1938 | Laid up at Fleetwood. |
| 28.05.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Auxiliary Patrol Vessel (P.No.4.146) (Hire rate £71.0.0d/month). |
| 05.1941 | Employed on Harbour Defence Patrol duties. |
| 17.10.1942 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Northern Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (William Alfred Bennett, manager). |
| 06.1945 | Returned to Owners |
| 06.1947 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) |
| 04.06.1947 | Arrived at Troon. |
| 12.09.1947 | Scrapped by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd at Troon. |
| 07.11.1947 | Grimsby registry closed |