HMS Redbreast (1915)

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.[2][1] Forty-two of her crew were killed.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Redbreast.

History
United Kingdom
Name: SS Redbreast
Operator: G. & J. Burns Ltd, Glasgow[1]
Builder: A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse[2][1]
Yard number: 285[1]
Launched: 18 April 1908[2]
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Redbreast
Acquired: 17 July 1915[2]
Out of service: 15 July 1917[2]
Fate: Sunk 15 July 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1313 grt[1]
Length: 267 feet[1]
Beam: 33.6 feet[1]
Propulsion: Single screw 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, manufactured by builder[1]

References
  1. "SS Redbreast". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. "Requisitioned Auxiliary - Redbreast". Historical RFA. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. "Archive listing of Report on Loss of HMS Redbreast July 19-Oct 25 1917". UK National Archives.
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