ROBERT HOUSTON17 July 2022
Would it be possible to purchase a copy of this photograph?.
From an original, large format negative. The location is the South Quay at Grimsby by the Rinovia Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. building on Faringdon Road (formerly Sleights, later Ross Group offices). Ross House was built on the land behind the Rinovia building in 1963/1964.
Built for the Admiralty in 1941/1942 as ‘Portsdown’ T221, a Hills Class vessel. Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd., Hull in 1946 and renamed ‘Sollum’ H.369. Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd., Grimsby in 1949 and renamed ‘Hargood’ GY.8. Fitted for fuel oil in December 1949. Sold to Iago Steam Trawlers Ltd., Fleetwood in 1955 and renamed ‘Red Sabre’ LO.71 (London registered). Scrapped c1965 in Passage West, Cork, Eire.

“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
ROBERT HOUSTON17 July 2022
Would it be possible to purchase a copy of this photograph?.
Admin17 July 2022
Hi Robert. We get a lot of requests for copies of our images. To be fair to everyone, including ourselves, we have to refuse all requests. We hope you understand. We are glad you like the picture. Another ‘Hargood’ image will eventually appear.

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