Maritime record ORF 324 - Wreck of the HMS Tervani

1916 wreck of British trawler which foundered 3.25 miles east of Orfordness after being mined, while on Admiralty minesweeping duties. Constructed of steel in 1914, she was a steam-driven vessel. Her possible remains may be those recorded at 912686 / TM 55 SW 2; they may include part of the remains of a similar trawler lost under almost identical circumstances some days previously, the BURNLEY, whose main site is recorded at 1488653 / TM 54 NW 2; the account of the wreck event for the BURNLEY is given at 1443736 / TM 55 SE 62.
Status: Casualty

Trawler built and hired 1914, sunk 05-DEC-1916 by mine off Orfordness. (1)

Sunk by mine off Orfordness. (2)

TERVANI trawler mined off Orfordness on Admiralty Service. (3)

A steam fishing trawler, originally owned by the South Western Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., hired by the Admiralty in 1914, and sunk after striking a mine laid by a German submarine. (4)

05-DEC-1916: TERVANI, 457 tons, mined by submarine in 52 05N 001 39E. (5)

05-DEC-1916: TERVANI, 457 tons, sunk by mine laid by UC-4 (Hans Howaldt) off Orfordness, in position 52 06N 001 40E, with the loss of one of the crew. (7)

Built: 1914 (1)(4)(6)(7)
Builder: Cook, Welton & Gemmell (4)(5)(7)
Where Built: Beverley (4)(5)(7)
Propulsion: Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine (4)(5)
HP: 89 (4)
Boilers: 1 (4)
Machinery: by C D Holmes & Co. Ltd., Kingston-upon-Hull (4)
Construction: 1 deck; quarter-deck 90ft; forecastle 24ft (4)
Official Number: 135999 (6)
Crew Lost: 1 (7)
Owner: Royal Navy [all sources]; ex. South Western Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. (A Black), Grimsby (4)(5); ex. T W Baskcomb, Grimsby (7)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

Additional source cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
LR.1915-16 No.461(T)