Rugby as GY 18
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Stevenson
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Rugby as GY 18 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Stevenson |
Rugby LH 92
| Built | 1916 Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Steel) |
| Yard No | 342 |
| Owner at New | William Grant, Cleethorpes Lincolnshire (owner/manager) |
| ID no | 139924 |
| Launch Date | 20.07.1916 |
| Completed | 16.08.1916 |
| Gross Tons | 274 |
| Nett Tons | 123 |
| Engine | 79 hp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Length | 125.6ft |
| Breadth | 22.8ft |
| Depth | 12.2ft |
| Owners | |
| 10.11.1916 | Registered at Grimsby GY 994. |
| 11.1916 | Requisitioned and converted to bomb thrower/ minesweeper (Ad.No.2979) based at Dover. |
| 24.02.1917 | Bill of Sale (32 shares): Owned by William Grant & William Henry Winslow, Cleethorpes Lincolnshire. |
| 24.02.1917 | Mortgaged by (32 shares)William Henry Winslow, Cleethorpes Lincolnshire (A). |
| 24.02.1917 | Mortgagee: William Grant, Cleethorpes Lincolnshire (secure £4750 & interest @ 7%). |
| 11.1917 | Renamed "RUGBY II". |
| Post12.03.1919 | Returned to Owners reverted to "Rugby". |
| 03.12.1926 | William Grant deceased. Arthur Grant, John Wilfred Grant, Cleethorpes; William Grant(the younger), Navenby & Hugh Bourne Grant, Humberstone Lincolnshire appointed trustees. |
| 29.05.1937 | Three Bills of Sale: Owned by Arthur Grant (11 shares), John Wilfred Grant (11 shares), Cleethorpes & Hugh Bourne Grant (10), Humberstone Lincolnshire. |
| 30.05.1927 | Transfer of mortgage (A) (32 shares) to John Wilfred Grant, Cleethorpe & Hugh Bourne Grant, Humberstone Lincolnshire. |
| 01.06.1927 | John Wilfred Grant appointed manager. |
| 12.08.1929 | Transfer of mortgage (A) (32 shares) to Arthur Grant, John Wilfred Grant, Cleethorpe & Hugh Bourne Grant, Humberstone Lincolnshire. |
| 28.02.1930 | Two Bills of Sale: John Wilfred Grant (11 shares); Hugh Bourne Grant (11 shares): Owned by Rugby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 07.03.1930 | Bill of Sale: Arthur Grant (11 shares): Owned by Rugby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 13.03.1930 | John Wilfred Grant appointed manager. |
| 31.03.1930 | Transfer of mortgage (A) to John Wilfred Grant, Hugh Bourne Grant & C. A. Grant Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 31.12.1930 | Mortgage (A) discharged. |
| 31.12.1930 | Bill of Sale: (32 shares): Owned by Rugby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 16.01.1931 | John Wilfred Grant appointed manager. |
| 16.08.1932 | Mortgaged by Rugby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (B). |
| 16.08.1932 | Mortgagee: National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest). |
| 01.03.1934 | Two Bills of Sale: Owned by Harry Robinson (48 shares) & Fred Dawson Robinson (16 shares). |
| 14.03.1934 | Harry Robinson appointed manager. |
| 07.07.1936 | Mortgaged by Fred Dawson Robinson, Grimsby (18 shares) (C). |
| 07.07.1936 | Mortgagee: Harry Robinson, Grimsby. |
| 11.03.1938 | Mortgage (C) discharged. |
| 11.03.1938 | Bill of Sale (16 shares): Owned by Harry Robinson, Grimsby. |
| 18.03.1938 | Harry Robinson appointed manager. |
| 05.07.1939 | Mortgaged by Harry Robinson, Grimsby (D). |
| 05.07.1939 | Mortgagee: Arnold Arthur Beardsall, Grimsby (secure account & interest) . |
| 14.08.1939 | Mortgage (D) discharged. |
| 14.08.1939 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 15.08.1939 | Sir Alec Black Bart, appointed manager. |
| 10.12.1940 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Sir Alec Black, Bart, Grimsby. |
| 12.12.1940 | Sir Alec Black Bart, appointed manager. |
| 30.05.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Auxiliary Patrol Vessel (P.No.FY.4.162) (Hire rate £77.12.8d/month) based at Grimsby for Fishery Protection. |
| 18.09.1941 | Bill of Sale: Owned by North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. |
| 22.09.1941 | Grimsby registry closed. |
| 22.09.1941 | John Alexander Harrow appointed manager. |
| 25.09.1941 | Registered at Aberdeen A.518. |
| 10.1941 | Converted to a minesweeper. |
| 07.1943 | Deployed on miscellaneous Naval duties. |
| 10.1943 | Converted to an ESSO (Fuel carrier) (P.No.Y7.30). |
| 06.1944 | Operation Neptune-Normandy Landings. Assigned as a fuelling trawler to Force G. |
| 03.07.1944 | Operation Neptune ended. Reverted to miscellaneous Naval duties. |
| 13.11.1944 | Owned by Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 13.11.1944 | Aberdeen registry closed. |
| 16.11.1944 | Registered at Grimsby GY 18. |
| 16.11.1944 | Harold Wilfred Wilson, appointed manager. |
| 22.11.1944 | Mortgaged by Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (E). |
| 22.11.1944 | Mortgagee: National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest).. |
| 11.12.1945 | Mortgage (E) disharged. |
| 29.03.1946 | Bill of Sale: Owned by Tillbrook Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven. |
| 30.03.1946 | Mortgaged by Tillbrook Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (F). |
| 30.03.1946 | Mortgagee: Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (secure account & interest). |
| 03.04.1946 | Arthur Ernest Rees appointed manager. |
| 22.05.1946 | Returned to Owners. |
| 06.08.1947 | Transferred to fish from Hull. |
| 05.08.1948 | Mortgage (B) discharged. |
| 07.08.1948 | Owned by Joe Croan, Leith Edinburgh (owner/manager) (Skipper Jimmy Mason). |
| 30.04.1951 | Grimsby registry closed. |
| 04.1951 | Registered at Leith LH 92. |
| 1955 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) for £2400. |
| 24.03.1955 | Arrived at Charlestown Fife. |
| 03.1955 | Scrapped by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd at Charlestown Fife. |
| 09.07.1955 | Leith registry closed. |
 As HMT "Rugby" © Reproduced with acknowledgement to John Stevenson |
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