Official No:  123246  Port and Year:   Hull, 1906 (H880)                                                                  Grimsby, 1919 (GY660)                                                                  Hull, 1923 (H902)

Description: Steel side trawler; single screw, coal burning.  Ketch rigged. Wheelhouse aft.

Crew:  9 men (1906).

Built: 1906: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverely   (Yard no. 103)

Tonnage:  173 grt 53 net (1906);  68 net (1 Jan 1914).

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 108.5  / 21.6 / 11.5

Engine: T.3-Cyl; 45 rhp.; by Amos & Smith, Hull.

Owners:   As H880 12 Apr 1906: Hellyer's Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull. Manager: Charles Hellyer, St. Andrew's Dock, Hull.   1917: Elspeth, Lady Beardmore, c/o Wm. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Parkhead Forge,  Glasgow. Managers: Charles Curzon, Docks, Milford.   As GY660. 24 Nov 1919: Charles Dobson, Fish Docks, Grimsby. Managing owner.   As H902 13 Dec 1923: Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd., 32 Fenchurch St., London E.C.3 Manager: Joseph Vivian, 'Westbourne', Cardigan Rd., Bridlington. (1923-28)                   Robert Burton, St. Andrew's Dock, Hull. (1928-31)                   Charles Emerson, St. Andrew's Dock, Hull. (1931-36)   24 Jul 1936: Crescent Trawler Co. Ltd., The Docks, Milford. Manager: Norman Ian Chamberlin, 'Hensol', Johnston, Pembs.

Landed at Milford:  3 Apr - 4 Sep 1919; 21 Jan 1936 - 10 Aug 1941

Skippers:

Notes:  Sep 1914:  Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to a minesweeper (Admy.No.45)  1 x 6 pdr. AA 1919: Returned to owners. 23 Jan 1924:  After a collision between the trawlers PRETORIA and ELLESMERE in the North Sea, picked up the crew of 9 from the PRETORIA, which sank. [The Times, Thursday 24th January, 1924.] 2 Mar 1935: For forty hours, towed a disabled small craft with a crew of 11 into the Humber. [The Times, Tuesday 3rd March, 1935.] 20 Aug 1941: Bombed and sunk by German aircraft 30 miles S of the Old Head of Kinsale. 5 Sep 1941: Hull Register closed.