Hired by the Admiralty from 1915-19 as an armed trawler, was returned to her owner, G F Sleight, with her civilian port of registration at Grimsby, at the end of WW 1 only to be hired for a second time in November 1939 as an auxiliary patrol vessel (armed), converted to a minesweeper in April 1940. Was attacked by German aircraft and sunk off Dover. Year Built: 1913 Builder: Cook, Wellington and Gemmell Ltd. Machinery:C D Holmes and Co. Ltd. Hull Engine HP: 70 Propulsion: Screw, 3 cylinder triple expansion Boilers: 1 Construction: 1 x deck; q.deck 60ft Armament: 1 x 12pdr gun Owner: Royal Navy Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR.1915-16 No.667(R); SRN.Vol.2 p305; MOD(N).Hyd.Wk.No.012302569

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.