Lawn20 September 2026
I sailed in her in 1959 as deckhand learner .skipper was Ernest durant..Alfred banisterswere the owners fish dock Road grimsby
‘Thunderstone’ GY.907 seen here when she was new in 1913.
‘Thunderstone’ GY.907 was built in 1913 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell of Selby for North Western Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. of Grimsby. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a minesweeper from 1915-1919. She was requisitioned again in 1940 as a barrage balloon vessel and returned in 1943.
Other owners were: 1915 Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby. 1919 Harry Wood & Co., Grimsby. 1923 Pelham Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Grimsby. 1928 Earl Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Grimsby. 1940 Sir Alec Black, Grimsby. 1943 Shire Trawlers Ltd., Grimsby. 1944 Parkholme Trawlers Ltd., Grimsby. 1949 Trawlers, Grimsby Ltd., Grimsby. 1953 Derwent Trawlers Ltd., Grimsby 1958 Forward Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Grimsby. 1962 Sold for scrap to Van Den Bossche & Co., Belgium. Broken up in Boom.

“I wrote about this being my grandfather's boat - he was the engineer. It was first registered as INS 11 and is pronounced Pit-gay-vnay not Pit-gav-enny.”
Libby Lamb, 21 October 2026

“My grandfather was the engineer on this drifter when she was fishing out of Lossiemouth and then working as a minesweeper at Scapa Flow from 1915.”
Libby Lamb, 20 October 2026

“Stuart sent me a framed photo of the above photo. He was a dear friend of many years through first knowing his dear wife and lovely son.It is with great saddnessto learn of Stuarts death we emailed regularly ,he was a humble lovely person.I am chronically sick and bedbound ,Stuart's emails were always a pleasure to read and reply to.He was a nan of great integrity and humilityand the world has been better for him being part of itHow lovely ifa BleuePlaque could be erected fir himit is richly deserved.A lovely man who will be n greatly missed”
Cathy James, 19 October 2026
Lawn20 September 2026
I sailed in her in 1959 as deckhand learner .skipper was Ernest durant..Alfred banisterswere the owners fish dock Road grimsby