nicknobbyclark Posted 17 July , 2011 Share Posted 17 July , 2011 Trying to find name and details of an armed drifter with the number BF 623 Thanks Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 17 July , 2011 Share Posted 17 July , 2011 She was a Banff-registered drifter but name is not known to me. Her Admiralty number would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 17 July , 2011 Share Posted 17 July , 2011 Possibly the Banff drifter JEANNIE MURRAY, Admiralty No.989, sunk in the action in the Dover Straits on the night of 14/15 February 1918. All fifteen crew were killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknobbyclark Posted 17 July , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2011 Thanks for identifying the vessel and getting me started. I now have the following: JEANNIE MURRAY BF 623 (Banif registered drifter) Admiralty No.989, Admiralty hired AA Net Drifter She was one of eight vessels sunk in the Dover Straits in a surprise attack by a force of seven German Destroyers on the night of 14/15 February 1918. Hired trawlers and drifters sunk by the German attack were: CHRISTINA CRAIG, CLOVER BANK, COSMOS, JAMES POND, JEANNIE MURRAY, SILVER QUEEN, VERACITY, and W. ELLIOT - GOLDEN RULE and VIOLET MAY were damaged. All fifteen crew of the JEANNIE MURRAY were killed. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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