HMS Redbreast (1915) explained
-- full code -->| Ship Name: | SS Redbreast | | Ship Operator: | G. & J. Burns Ltd, Glasgow | | Ship Builder: | A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse | | Ship Yard Number: | 285 | | Ship Launched: | 18 April 1908 |
| Hide Header: | title | | Ship Name: | HMS Redbreast | | Ship Acquired: | 17 July 1915 | | Ship Out Of Service: | 15 July 1917 | | Ship Fate: | Sunk 15 July 1917 |
| Ship Propulsion: | Single screw 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, manufactured by builder |
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HMS Redbreast[1] was a passenger/
cargo ship requisitioned by the British Government during World War I, and used as a messenger ship and anti-submarine
Q-ship. She was torpedoed and sunk by the
Imperial German Navy submarine in the
Aegean Sea on 15 July 1917 while on passage from
Skyros to the
Doro Channel.
[2] [3] Forty-two of her crew were killed.
[2] Notes and References
- Web site: Archive listing of Report on Loss of HMS Redbreast July 19-Oct 25 1917. UK National Archives.
- Web site: Requisitioned Auxiliary - Redbreast . Historical RFA . 6 June 2015.
- Web site: SS Redbreast . Clydeships. 6 November 2019.
