Maritime record LWT 516 - Wreck of the HMS Uberty
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Summary
BRITISH DRIFTER, 1941
Status: Casualty
Location
| Grid reference | TM 5575 9288 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM59SE |
| Civil Parish | LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
A fishing drifter, hired by the Admiralty during the period 1915-19, when she was armed with a 3 pdr stern gun, hired again as a minesweeper from November 1939 and re-armed with 2 machine guns, then converted to an armed patrol drifter from August 1940 until sunk in a German air raid just off Lowestoft harbour. (1)
Built: 1912
Owner: Royal Navy
Propulsion: Screw-driven 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Date of Loss Qualifier: A
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> SSF60166 Bibliographic reference: Lloyds of London. 1989. Lloyd's war losses: the Second World War 3 September-14 August 1945, Volumes I and II.
- <S3> 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.
- <S4> SSF60141 Source Unchecked: HMSO. 1988. British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 31 2022 7:19PM