‘Lord Jellicoe’ GY.709, Grimsby Docks c1974.

An image from the original colour slide.

Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell of Beverley in 1962 for Lord Line Ltd. of Hull. Transferred to Northern trawlers Ltd., Grimsby (GY.709) and then, in 1971, to Ross Trawlers Ltd., Grimsby.

In 1981 she was sold to Colne Shipping Co. Ltd., Lowestoft and converted to an oil rig stand-by safety vessel and renamed ‘St. Louis’. Still in service for Lowestoft owners in 1999 but working out of Grimsby.