HMT City of Edinburgh
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 Ships bell, held in Museum of Liverpool | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMT City of Edinburgh |
| Owner | Thomas Frederick Kelsall, Fleetwood |
| Builder | Dundee Shipbuilding Co. |
| Yard number | 191 |
| Launched | 15 December 1907 |
| Completed | January 1908 |
| In service | January 1908 |
| Out of service | 1952 |
| Fate | Wrecked after stranding 4 Jan 1952 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fishing trawler |
| Tonnage | 300 tons |
| Length | 130.0 ft (39.62m) |
| Beam | 23.1 ft (7.04m) |
| Depth | 12.8 ft (3.90m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
Remarks
HMT City of Edinburgh II was a trawler, launched at Dundee on 15 Dec 1907 and completed and registered in January 1908. She had a Gross Tonnage of 300 tons.
The Admiralty requisitioned City of Edinburgh in 1914, but then returned her to her owners. On 10 January 1915 the Admiralty again requisitioned her for war service. She received a 6-pounder gun and operated out of St Marys, Isles of Scilly, as an auxiliary patrol vessel. City of Edinburgh helped transport the Liverpool Rifles from Southampton to Le Havre on 24 February 1915. When the troop-transport SS Ballarat was torpedoed on 24 April 1917, City of Edinburgh was one of the vessels that helped ensure the safe evacuation of all 1,600 troops aboard, as well as Ballarat's crew. It appears that she also assisted with the AIF's movement from Egypt to France.
The Admiralty sold her in September 1918 toErnest Taylor & Noah Ashworth, of Fleetwood. In turn she was then sold to Ramon de Carranza, Cadiz in 1921, then Pescaderias Coruñesas S.A., Madrid by 1927, Ramon de Carranza, Cadiz in 1931 and finally to Hijos de V. Larrañaga, Cadiz in 1948. On 4 Jan 1952 she became stranded on Cape Blanc, Spanish Sahara, and became a total loss.