‘Exyahne’ GY.150 sailing from Grimsby 1950s.
From a negative.
Built in 1914 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Grimsby. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy for the duration of WW1 as minesweeper No. FY 264. Sold to Savoy Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Grimsby (1915) and, subsequently, to Harold Croft Baker & Sons Ltd., Grimsby (1928) and to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons Ltd., Grimsby (1937).
Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as minesweeper / auxiliary patrol vessel No. FY 878 for the duration of WW2. Returned in 1945. Scrapped in Holland in 1961.





