‘Retako’ GY.253 c1930s.

Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell of Beverley in 1914 for George F. Sleight. Requisitioned as a minesweeper in 1915. Returned in 1919.

Sold to Sleight & Humphrey of Grimsby in 1933. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an auxiliary patrol vessel / minesweeper in 1939. Returned in 1945. Sold to George F. Sleight & Sons Ltd. of Grimsby in 1949 and to T. C. & F. Moss of Grimsby in 1960. Scrapped in Belgium in 1962.

An original photograph printed by Jerome Ltd. c1930s.