HMT SEDGEFLY
Built
1939
Smiths Dock Middlesborough
Off Number
167051
Length Ft
175.0
Tons Gross
520
Yard Number
1059
Breadth Ft
28,6
Tons Net
191
Launched
20 01 1939
Draught
15.0
Hp
169NHP
Registered
24 02 39
Engine Builder
Smiths Dock
Knots
K
Registered NORMAN H28 Owners Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd ( Hellyer Bros managers )
Renamed HMT SEDGEFLY Owners  
    Owners  
Fate : 15 Apr 1940 Was mined in the North Sea off Tynemouth Between 14th and 16th Dec 1939
Admiralty Requisition
Pennant No
Role
Returned
 

 

IN REMEMBERANCE OF CREWMEN WHO DIED AT SEA
Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth
Occupation
Date of Death
Detail
. . . . . . . .
DYBALL EDWARD NORTON 32 HMT SEDGEFLY . Second Hand 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Husband of Beatrice May Dyball, of Winterton, Norfolk
GREENING ALFRED 20 HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .
HARE ALBERT . HMT SEDGEFLY . Stoker 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Son of Ernest James Hare and Emma Elisabeth Hare
HIGGINS JOSEPH . HMT SEDGEFLY . Stoker 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .
INNES JOHN 31 HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Husband of Mary Innes, of Fraserburgh
JENKINSON GEORGE NIGHTSCALES 36 HMT SEDGEFLY . Engineer 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Son of Arthur and Harriet Jenkinson, of Hull
LADEFOGED THANE ARTHUR NIELSEN 39 HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Son of Niels Nielsen Ladefoged and Marie Frances Marguerite Ladefoged
POOLE CHARLES WILLIAM ALFRED 39 HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman Steward 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Husband of Gladys E. E. Poole, of Norwich
PRATT HARRY WILLIAM 35 HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman Cook 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .
RILATT ERIC STEVEN 19 HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Son of Skipper Edward Spencer Rilatt and Annie Rilatt, of Hull
SMITH ALEXANDER 33 HMT SEDGEFLY . Engineman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Husband of Eva R. Smith, of Aberdeen
STOCKS ROYCE WILLIAM 48 HMT SEDGEFLY . Chief Skipper 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .
THAMES SAMUEL 28 HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Husband of Florence Lilian May Thames, of Hull.
WILSON GEORGE ARTHUR . HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .
WORRELL WILLIAM GEORGE . HMT SEDGEFLY . Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 . Son of George Henry and Kate Elizabeth Worrell, of Hull
. . . . . . . .
ELLIOTT C P A . HMT SEDGEFLY . A B Seaman 14th and 16th Dec 1939 .Listed on original lost list - I have not verified his death

 

The following Awards and Appointments where made to the following person`s, While serving on H.M.T Sedgefly as reported in the London Gazette Issue 34827 Published 12th Apr 1940

His Majesty has also been pleased to approve the Following Awards, for unfailing courage, endurance, rescource and devotion to duty in HM Trawler and Drifters, in their hard and perilous task of sweeping the seas clear of mines, combating submarines,and keeping a lookout for the enemy.

Mention in Despatches ( Posthumous )

Chief Skipper Royce W. Stocks, R.N.R., H.M.Trawler Sedgefly.