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Offline GillSmith

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Trawlers WW1
« on: Wednesday 27 October 04 07:36 BST (UK) »
Help Please!!

Does anyone know about the work of Trawlers in the RN Reserve during WW1. Would the crewmen be exempt from active service? Does anyone know the geographical range they would have covered? I need to know if they would  have travelled as far south as the Isle of Wight?

Also would it have been possible for a crew member to take his wife to sea with him?

It's all asking alot but any help much apprciated

Gill

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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 22 March 05 13:23 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
 
Have you tried "merchant-navy.net"? They ghave an excellent question posting section and I'm sure someone will help you there.

Let me know how you get on.

Good luck,

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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 22 March 05 14:48 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gill

The RN did have their own trawlers in WW1 - one of our rellies (RNR - a civvy fisherman) was killed on a HM trawler WW1 whilst carrying out minesweeping duties in the English Channel.

Royal Navy Reservists were called up.  If the person was a fisherman then he would have been called up the same as everybody else if he we was in the age group and would have had to apply for exemption locally if he could give valid grounds for not serving.

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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 30 March 05 08:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the information

Your poor old rellie

I'm trying to help someone who's Grandfather was German but from S Africa and ended up on Aberdeen Trawlers in WW1

Thanks for your help, I'll pass on the info

Gill
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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 30 March 05 13:02 BST (UK) »
Another excellent site for Information on WW1 is
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums
Aberdeenshire; Brechin, Robb, Clark, Hardie, Johnston, Watt, Elmslie, Milne, Harper, Adam, Edmond, Laing, Gibson, Aedie, Jameson, Argo & Doverty.
Booth, Watson, Grothenwell, Ewen, Mackie, Simpson, Piper, Taylor, Davidson, Willox, Chalmers & Gordon
Still, Fraser, Robertson, Burnet & Lumsden
Banffshire; Cruickshank, Bennet, Broug, Allen, West & Lyal
Caithness; Sutherland
Herefordshire, Worcester, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire; Wagstaff, Jones, Turner, Wiggett, Hannes

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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #5 on: Friday 23 April 10 13:55 BST (UK) »
Hi,
    There is a huge amount of websites available about WW1 Trawlers.Both Hired and Admiralty trawlers. Its taken me a while to find out about my grandad "Pa" or 2nd Hand,Skipper and Chief Skipper as they were called in the RNR WW1. He was the Master of a tug "Waterloo" in Liverpool in dock in the 1911 census. Prior to WW2 he used to tell me how he loved the fine weather evenings and mornings at sea in good weather and watch she Sunrises and Sunsets off the Irish and English Channel Coasts while he was on a minesweeper. I f you like send me a PM and will give you as much help as I can. Best Regards Ken Berry
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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 10 August 11 08:13 BST (UK) »
Hi - can anybody supply information about HM Trawler 'Corientes' and itsactivities during World War I.  A deck hand named Arthur Henry East (aged 39) was apparently killed in action on 23/6/1917 (body not found).  Arthur was born and raised in Grimsby, Lincolnshire,  but I have no information about the movements of the 'Corientes'.
His widow was Emily Maude (nee Baker).
Any further information gratefully received.
Cheers,
Graeme Easte
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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 10 August 11 12:02 BST (UK) »
hi Graeme

welcome to rootschat  :)

http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1917-06Jun.htm

hired trawler , minesweeper mined and sunk off northern ireland
there is a list of the crew if you scroll down

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Re: Trawlers WW1
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 27 August 11 22:52 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help find information on a fishing vessel that was requisitioned during WW1 and was sunk coming home through the mediterranean .   The vessel was the Philorth and she was sunk on the 24th of February 1919.   As far as I can find out it was the weather that sunk her.  she had been at the Dardenelles and syria and looks like she sunk about Malta.   Would the crew have been the owners of the vessel or would there have been another crew aboard her.
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