MISSING TRAWLER

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 197, 18 May 1936, Page 9

MISSING TRAWLER

Owners’ Conclusions (Received May 17, 6.30 p.m.) London, May 16. Extensive inquiries show no trace of the missing trawler Giri Pat The owners state that they have come to the conclusion that the master, George Black Osborne, and the crew have made off with the vessel. Mrs. Osborne states that her husband’s brother owns motor-fishing boats in New Zealand, and suggests that her husband might be going to New Zealand. “I am sick with worry about him,” she said. Lloyd’s agents throughout the world hive been instructed to watch’ for the North Sea trawler Girl Pat, which the Admiralty declares will be a pirate if it is proved that the skipper and crew of four seized her, and it will be then the duty of every ship flying the British flag to assist in apprehending her. The trawler, equipped with the latest Dieeel engines, left Dover on April 4 and put in at Corcubion (Spain) on April 12. It left nine days later, after extensive repairs. not stating its destination. Its owners, the Mnrstand Fishing Company, notified the underwriters on April 27 that they regarded the ship as a total loss. They explained that they engaged the skipper a few months ago and he picked his own crew, with the exception of the engineer, whom he left nt Dover.