Many thanks for the responses to my request for information. After making some enquiries since my last post I contacted the Central Library who suplied the following information.
"Grimsby Telegraph 12th September.
On Sunday, deckhand Mr Edward Mabon 33, died on the Ross Khartoum shortly after it started fishing off Iceland. His body was transferred to the support ship Miranda and has been landed at Torshavn, in the Faroes, where at his family's request, he will be buried. Mr Mabon, who was a single man whose family came from Newcastle upon Tyne. He had lodged at a house in Caistor Drive, Grimsby for a numer of years. A memorial service will be held in Grimsby on Monday"