chrisharley9 Posted 17 September , 2007 Share Posted 17 September , 2007 Please can anyone help me of the loss of this vessel Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 17 September , 2007 Share Posted 17 September , 2007 Chris HMS Recruit was a British R Class Destroyer. She was mined and sunk on 9th August 1917 in the North Sea. See: http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/old_...m#HMS%20Recruit Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 17 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 17 September , 2007 Dave thanks very much Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 17 September , 2007 Share Posted 17 September , 2007 No, not mined. She was actually torpedoed and sunk by the small German submarine UB 16. Best wishes, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spithead Posted 17 September , 2007 Share Posted 17 September , 2007 Please can anyone help me of the loss of this vessel Chris Hello Chris RECRUIT British Navy .destroyer; 1916; W. Doxford & Co.; 1,075 tons; 276x26-7x9; 27,000 s.h.p.; 36knots; turbine engines; Yarrow boilers; three 4 in. guns, one 2pdr., 1 m.g.9 4 T.T. The destroyer Recruit was the second vessel of that name to be lost in the First World War. On August 9th, 1917, she struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. At the time of her loss she was carrying a complement of about 100. Dictionary of Disasters at Sea J.J. Colledge gives it as sunk by UB16 Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historydavid Posted 17 September , 2007 Share Posted 17 September , 2007 Chris, torpedoed off the North Hinder Lightship with 54 casualties. Best wishes David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 17 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 17 September , 2007 John & David thanks very much Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 17 September , 2007 Share Posted 17 September , 2007 Original HMS Recruit was a C Class Destroyer launched 1895 lost to UB16 on 1/5/1915 off the Galloper Light Vessel. R Class Destroyer HMS Recruit launched 9/12/1916 lost by mine North Sea 9/8/1917. Dittmar and Colledge. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 18 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 18 September , 2007 Malcolm thanks very much Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 18 September , 2007 Share Posted 18 September , 2007 Common error here. The following is correct: Recruit, launched 1895, sunk on May 1, 1915 by UB 6 on her first patrol, not UB 16. (UB 16 wasn't operational until June 1915.) Recruit, launched 1916, sunk on August 9, 1917 by UB 16. Best wishes, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 18 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 18 September , 2007 Thanks very much Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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