HMS Clacton
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMS Clacton |
| Owner | Admiralty |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull |
| Yard number | 488 |
| Completed | 1905 |
| 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 |
| Length | 74.7m |
| Beam | 9.5m |
| Propulsion | 2 screw |
| Speed | 13.5 knots |
Contents
Remarks
A passenger ship converted to Auxiliary minesweeper, the Clacton 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 U-73 at Chai Aghizi in the northern Aegean Sea with the loss of 5 personnel. 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
- Bernard O'Reilly Post WW1