CAESAR H 226 - GPNZ
Built
1952
Smiths Dock Middlesborough
Off Number
185131
Length Ft
189.5
Tons Gross
830
Yard Number
1218
Breadth Ft
32.2
Tons Net
317
Launched
10 06 1952
Engine Builder
Hp
1246 HP
Registered
Sept 1952
Draught
17.1
Knots
K
Registered CAESAR H 226 Owners 1952 - 1971 Hellyer Brothers Ltd Hull
    Owners  
Fate : 21 Apr 1971 Grounded Iceland
 

IN REMEMBERANCE OF CREWMEN WHO DIED AT SEA
Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth
Occupation
Date of Death
Detail
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JOHNSON SYDNEY 30 CAESAR H226 . Bosun 30 Mar 1956 Lost at sea
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On 21st Apr 1971 the Caesar was heading into the port Isafjordur Iceland for repairs to a broken winch when she was grounded at Arnanes at the entrance to Isafjord Iceland. After she was grounded the Grimsby trawler Defiance got a tow line aboard and tried to tow the vessel clear but she was stuck fast, although the weather had been reasonable it was deteriorating fast and the caesar had started to take water in her stokehold almost immediately after the grounding. The crew of the Caesar were taken off the vessel by the Grimsby trawler Defiance 12 hours after first grounding. Gale force winds between force 8 and 9 started to batter the stricken vessel who`s engine room and aft accomodation were now severely flooded. On the 20th May 1971 she was refloated and the decision to sink her off the continental shelf had been made, after it was found there were no available scrap fascilities and it was uneconomical to repair the vessel, whilst in tow to the continental shelf the Caesar sank prematurely 39 miles from the coast on the 01st June 1971.

 

Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth Pl
Occupation
Date/ Scource
Detail
CREWMEN
THOMPSON W . CAESAR H226 . Skipper 1954 .
WHUR LEN . CAESAR H226 . Skipper 1971 .
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KELLY MIKE . CAESAR H226   Deckhand 1971 .
BIRD BRIAN . CAESAR H226 . Deckie Learner . .
NORTHGRAVES FRED . CAESAR H226 . Deckie Learner . .
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