HMT Elk - Misplaced Pages

British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940, now a recreational dive site.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMT Elk
Builder	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Yard number	329
Launched	21 August 1902
Commissioned	1914
Decommissioned	1918
Recommissioned	1939
Fate	Sunk by mine, 27 November 1940
General characteristics
Type	Naval trawler
Tonnage	181 GRT 70 NRT
Length	33.1 m (109 ft)
Beam	6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine, 62 hp (46 kW), single screw
Sail plan	Ketch-rigged
Complement	10
Armament	1 × 6-pounder gun

HMT Elk was a 181-ton former fishing trawler built in 1902. She served in the Royal Navy in World War II, until sunk without loss of life having hit a mine off Plymouth in November 1940.

Ship history

Elk was built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell at Beverley, Yorkshire, launched on 21 August 1902, and first operated from Grimsby. During World War I she was hired by the Admiralty and served as a minesweeper from 1914 until 1918. She was then operated commercially under various owners at Grimsby, Hakin and Plymouth. Elk was hired by the Admiralty in November 1939 to serve as a danlayer (laying buoys in channels cleared by minesweepers) and was armed with one 6-pounder gun. HMT Elk was sunk by a mine south-east of Penlee Point, Plymouth on 27 November 1940. There were no casualties.

The Elk was re-discovered by divers in 1981 upright on a sandy bed at 50°17.800′N 4°10.600′W / 50.296667°N 4.176667°W / 50.296667; -4.176667 in 30 metres (98 ft) of water with a drop-off in excess of 40 metres (130 ft).

References

^ "HMT Elk". Shipwrecks and History In Plymouth Sound. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
Suzanne Hall; McDonald, Kendall (1996). Dive South Devon (Diver Guides). Underwater World Publications. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0-946020-24-8.

External links

wrecksite.eu : Trawler Elk 1902-1940

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1940
Shipwrecks	1 Nov: Empire Bison 2 Nov: U-31 3 Nov: HMS Laurentic 4 Nov: HMS Patroclus 5 Nov: Beaverford, HMS Jervis Bay, 6 Nov: Comandante Faà di Bruno 7 Nov: Cambridge, Poncelet, HMS Swordfish 8 Nov: City of Rayville, Fridtjof Nansen, O 22 9 Nov: Bougainville 11 Nov: Anna C. Minch, Automedon, Duilio, Conte di Cavour, Littorio, Novadoc, William B. Davock 12 Nov: Trebartha 16 Nov: Hinrich Freese 20 Nov: HMAS Goorangai 22 Nov: Cree 24 Nov: HMT Amethyst 25 Nov: Patria (disaster) 27 Nov: Elk, HMS Port Napier, Rangitane 28 Nov: St. Elwyn Unknown date: Quarto, U-104
Other incidents	1 Nov: Bremse, Donau 5 Nov: San Demetrio 8 Nov: Empire Dorado 28 Nov: Maasdam 29 Nov: HMS Javelin
1939 1940 1941 October 1940 December 1940

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