Need help with listing - what kind of ship is this please?

[DoubleHappinessRecords]

http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/fine-art...p-40917413.htm

Hey folks...

I need a more detailed description for this listing, can anyone tell me what kind of ship is shown in this painting I have for sale? It's no battleship, I know that much. Is it a fishing vessel maybe? It says 'HAMPTON GY.11' on the... umm... bow?

[bykimbo]

http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/fine-art...p-40917413.htm

Hey folks...

I need a more detailed description for this listing, can anyone tell me what kind of ship is shown in this painting I have for sale? It's no battleship, I know that much. Is it a fishing vessel maybe? It says 'HAMPTON GY.11' on the... umm... bow?

The bow is the pointy end and GY is Grimsby's registration.
So it's probably a Grimsby trawler.

[bluebedouin]

Registration number GY 11:
Admiral.
Built: 1895. Builders: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley. Yard No: 142. Launched: Saturday 21st December 1895. Completed: 1896. Registered: January 1896. Gross Tons: 182. Nett Tons: 60. Length: 108.4 feet. Beam: 21 feet. Draught: 11.5 feet. Quarterdeck: 44 feet. Forecastle: 19 feet. Official Number: 105538. Original Owners: Anchor Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Grimsby.
Fate: Sank after colliding with ice at Iceland on Monday 24th May 1897.
King Arthur/King Charles.
Built: 1899. Builders: Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty, Grimsby. Yard No: 1. Launched: Saturday 14th January 1899. Completed: 1899. Registered: May 1899. Gross Tons: 159. Nett Tons: 66. Length: 105.7 feet. Beam: 21.1 feet. Draught: 10.7 feet. Quarterdeck: 18 feet. Forecastle: 21 feet. Engines: Triple expansion 11, 17, 28 in x 20 in, 46 nominal horsepower. 40 rhp. Made by Muir & Houston, Glasgow. Official Number: 110880. Call Sign: RCVW. Original Owners: Built for the Monarch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
May 1899
The King Arthur completed her river trials.
April 1906
Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co.
June 1915-1920
Requisitioned by the Admiralty where she served as a minesweeper.
January 1925
Transferred to Lowestoft and renamed King Charles.
1949
By this time, the vessel was owned by Partnership (Hull) Ltd (manager K. Percival), the port of registry was still Lowestoft.
Fate: Not known.
Admiral Drake/Stella Canopus/Cradock/Stella Rigel.
Built: 1936. Builders: Cochrane & Sons, Selby. Yard No: 1154. Launched: Monday 9th March 1936. Completed: 1936. Registered: April 1946 (at Grimsby). Gross Tons: 418. Nett Tons: 162. Length: 152.8 feet. Beam: 25.6 feet. Draught: 13.6 feet. Quarterdeck: 83 feet. Forecastle: 25 feet. Call Sign: GYTY. Official Number: 164919. Original Owners: Built as Admiral Drake for C. H. Smith (Hull) Ltd, Hull.
Unknown date
Renamed Stella Canopus.
April 1946
Bought by Trawlers Grimsby Ltd, Grimsby and registered as GY.263.
June 1946
Renamed Cradock.
March 1952
Sold to T. Ross, Grimsby.
April 1954
Bought by Charleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd, Hull, renamed Stella Rigel and registered as H.14.
August 1955
Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby and registered as GY.11
March 1957
Sold to T. C. & F. Moss, Grimsby.
Fate: Scrapped in Belgium in July 1960.

[KAYS6912]

Woohoo!!!!! That is what I call a comprehensive answer, Blue!

[bykimbo]

Splendid! What source, please? Looks like a site I'd like to play with.

[bluebedouin]

Splendid! What source, please? Looks like a site I'd like to play with.

There you go.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/grimsby...s/trawlers.htm

[bluebedouin]

Woohoo!!!!! That is what I call a comprehensive answer, Blue!

There is a possibility that the painter used artistic licence & made the name & number up.

[bykimbo]

There you go.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/grimsby...s/trawlers.htm

ta! x

[DoubleHappinessRecords]

Holey moley! :dumbfounded:

Erm, wow, thanks a lot, that is all very interesting! Thanks!

[DoubleHappinessRecords]

BTW, does the price seem about right? I have no idea how to value this kind of thing. I found it in the attic of my new flat. Along with some more umm... questionable artistic works! (By the same artist)