HMS Ascot

[Hyacinth1326]

I have always been absorbed by the story of HMS Ascot, the last warship lost to an enemy torpedo.  I have never been able to determine her unit, where she sailed from or where she was sailing to (I suspect it was Granton)  Can anyone shed any light or offer any Kew or Greenwich references ?

[seaJane]

Kew: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4781467

[seaJane]

U-Boat.net

 https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/481.html

[Knotty]

From the Navy pink list of 30 June 1918, she is listed as with the 9th Minesweeping Flotilla out of Portsmouth

[horatio2]

She was on passage from Portsmouth (departed 7 Nov) to Granton. She has been parented at Portsmouth by HMS VICTORY X since 6 Jun 1918. She was the last ship sunk by direct enemy action during WW1.

Edited 27 October , 2018 by horatio2

[Hyacinth1326]

Very many thanks for this information.  Arno Spindler has little to say about this last torpedo attack of the War but I know from the KTB that OBlt. Doemming had seen some of the crew in the water.  He would have liked to rescue them but the sinking took place too close to shore.  Interestingly enough forensic evidence suggests  Ascot had deviated from the East coast swept channel at the time of her torpedoing. I don't suppose we will ever know the reason why.

Edited 28 October , 2018 by Hyacinth1326