Maritime record LWT 583 - Wreck of the HMS Gabir
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Summary
BRITISH TRAWLER, 1918
Status: Casualty
Location
| Grid reference | TM 5415 8997 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM58NW |
| Civil Parish | LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
A steam fishing trawler, originally belonging to A Grant of Grimsby, hired by the Admiralty as a minesweeper in 1916, sunk when she struck a mine laid by a German submarine off Lowestoft. (1)
Built: 1909
Builder: Cook, Welton & Gemmell
Where Built: Beverley
Propulsion: Screw-driven 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Horsepower: 69
Boilers: 1
Additional Construction Details: Machinery by Great Central Engineering Co. Ltd., Grimsby; 1 deck; q.deck 66ft.
Date of Loss Qualifier: A
Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
LR 1916-17 No.24(G)
CWLB Vol.2 p135
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF60143 Bibliographic reference: Larn, R., Larn, B.. 1997. Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire.
- <S2> SSF60142 Bibliographic reference: Colledge, J. J.. 1989. Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 2: navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships from the fifteenth century to the present.
- <S3> SSF60141 Source Unchecked: HMSO. 1988. British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45.
- <S4> SSF60200 Bibliographic reference: 1990. Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918.
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Record last edited
May 31 2022 3:23PM