'Cracker' the engineer on board the Athelstan GY648. Steam trawler. Official Number 132114. Launched 15.08.1911. August 1914: Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a minesweeper No FY343. 1919 returned. .17.09.1927: Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons, Grimsby..29.11.1939: Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an auxiliary patrol vessel. January 1940 reurned..26.04.1940: Departed Grimsby for the fishing grounds 50-60 miles east of Whitby and was last seen in position Lat 54 degrees 00N Long 001 degrees 55' east by the trawler CLARE GY318..27.04.1940: Vessel posted missing - lost with all nine crew.