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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Sunk on 3 Aug 1916 by U Boat U73 at Chai Aghizi in the northern Aegean Sea.
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Participated in the Gallioli Campaign of 1915, and afterwards remained active in the Aegean Sea until it was sunk on 3 Aug 1916 by U Boat U73 at Chai Aghizi in the northern Aegean Sea. Was used to evacuate walking and lightly wounded from Gallipoli, possibly to the hospitals at Mudross on Lemnos Island.
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===Armament===
 
===Armament===
 
2 x 12 pounders
 
2 x 12 pounders

Revision as of 23:05, 10 June 2020

HMS Clacton
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History
Name HMS Clacton
Owner Admiralty
Completed 1904
In service 7 Oct 1914
Out of service 3 Aug 1916
Reclassified Minesweeper, mercantile conversion
Fate Torpedoed and sunk 1917
General characteristics
Type Auxiliary minesweeper
Tonnage 820 tons
Propulsion Single screw



Remarks

Participated in the Gallioli Campaign of 1915, and afterwards remained active in the Aegean Sea until it was sunk on 3 Aug 1916 by U Boat U73 at Chai Aghizi in the northern Aegean Sea. Was used to evacuate walking and lightly wounded from Gallipoli, possibly to the hospitals at Mudross on Lemnos Island.

Armament

2 x 12 pounders

Battle Honours

  • Gallipoli

Soldiers carried

Gallipoli to Mudross 30 May 1915