‘Hendren’ GY.128 on a 1,080 ton cradle at Grimsby c1935.

From an original photographic print.

‘Hendren’ GY.128 was built in 1934 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby for the Perihelion Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. (H. G. Crampin), Grimsby. In 1939 she was sold to a company in Hull and renamed ‘Stella Pegasi’ H.90. After being requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2., she returned to Hull and became ‘Arctic Crusader’ H.90 in 1945.

In 1947, ‘Arctic Crusader’ H.90 returned to Grimsby as ‘Mountbatten’ GY. 477. She was lost in a storm and stranded in Rodoy Fyjord, Norway. After being refloated, she was sold to Norway and then Germany.

The wreck of this vessel can still be seen in the silt at the point where the southern Elbe and the Köhlbrand meet in Hamburg. The presence of a rare species of worm around the wreck means that it’s protected.

Note: Patsy Hendren was a first-class English cricketer. Crampin named a number of his trawlers after famous cricketers of the day. Note the ‘C’ on the funnel.

The adjacent vessel is ‘Cadella’ GY.221 built in 1913 as ‘Pearl’ H.883 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby. She served as a minesweeper during WW1 and returned to her owners as ‘Pearl II’. She was registered at Grimsby in 1919 as GY.221 and her name was changed to ‘Cadella’ in 1922. From 1927, she was owned by Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Herbert George Crampin, manager). In 1935, she was registered in Aberdeen as A.364. She was compulsorily acquired for WW2 duties. After the war, she was registered in Leith (1946) and Milan (1953). Scrapped in 1957.