HMS Clacton
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMS Clacton |
| Owner | Great Eastern Railway Co, Harwich - Admiralty |
| Builder | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull |
| Yard number | 488 |
| Launched | 1905 |
| Completed | 1905 |
| In service | 7 Oct 1914 |
| Out of service | 3 Aug 1916 |
| Reclassified | Minesweeper, mercantile conversion |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 3 AUg 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary minesweeper |
| Tonnage | 820 tons |
| Length | 74.7m |
| Beam | 9.5m |
| Propulsion | twn screw |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 lm/h) |
Contents
Remarks
Built for Great Eastern Railway Co of Harwich who operated her from 1905 to 1916 when she was taken over by the British Admiralty and converted into an Auxiliary Minesweeper. Clacton was one of the smaller ships that landed Australian troops at Anzac. She afterwards remained active in the Aegean Sea until it was sunk on 3 Aug 1916 by U-Boat U-73 at Chai Aghizi, Kavalla bay, in the northern Aegean Sea with the loss of five personnel. She had been used to evacuate walking and lightly wounded from Gallipoli, possibly to the hospitals at Mudross on Lemnos Island.
The day before ( 29 May 1915) the Clacton carried Bernard O'Reilly from Gallipoli to Mudross, it had been tasked with running ammunition and stores to the peninsula.
Armament
2 x 12 pounders
Battle Honours
- Gallipoli
Soldiers carried
Gallipoli to Mudross 30 May 1915
- Bernard O'Reilly Post WW1