HMS Redbreast (1915)
Appearance
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | SS Redbreast |
Operator | G. & J. Burns Ltd, Glasgow[2] |
Builder | A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse[1][2] |
Yard number | 285[2] |
Launched | 18 April 1908[1] |
History | |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Redbreast |
Acquired | 17 July 1915[1] |
Out of service | 15 July 1917[1] |
Fate | Sunk 15 July 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1313 grt[2] |
Length | 267 feet[2] |
Beam | 33.6 feet[2] |
Propulsion | Single screw 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, manufactured by builder[2] |
HMS Redbreast[3] was a passenger/cargo ship requisitioned by the British Government during World War I, and used as a messager ship and antisubmarine Q-ship. She was torpedoed and sunk by the Imperial German Navy submarine UC-38 in the Aegean Sea on 15 July 1917 while on passage from Skyros to the Doro Channel.[1][2] Forty-two of her crew were killed.[1]