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'''HMT ''Amethyst''''' was a [[naval trawler]] requisitioned by the [[Admiralty]] prior to the [[World War II|Second World War]]. She was sunk in the second year of the war. |
'''HMT ''Amethyst''''' was a [[naval trawler]] requisitioned by the [[Admiralty]] prior to the [[World War II|Second World War]]. She was sunk in the second year of the war. |
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''Amethyst'' was built as the [[commercial trawler]] ''Phyllis Rosalie'' by [[Smiths Dock Company]], South Bank-on-Tees and was launched on 15 January 1934.<ref name="History">[http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.connectfree.co.uk/phyllisrosalie.html History of ''Phyllis Rosalie]</ref> Her first owners were the Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, based at [[Fleetwood]].<ref name="History"/> In 1935 she set a number of records for catches landed at Fleetwood, and was present at [[George V of the United Kingdom|HM King George V]]'s Silver Jubilee [[Fleet Review|Spithead Review]], representing the port of Fleetwood.<ref name="History"/> She was sold later that year to the Admiralty, who had her converted into an [[anti-submarine warfare]] trawler with the addition of [[ASDIC]] and a 4 in gun. They classed her and a number of other trawlers as the Gem group, and the name ''Amethyst'' was selected. |
''Amethyst'' was built as the [[commercial trawler]] ''Phyllis Rosalie'' by [[Smiths Dock Company]], South Bank-on-Tees and was launched on 15 January 1934.<ref name="History">[http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.connectfree.co.uk/phyllisrosalie.html History of ''Phyllis Rosalie'']</ref> Her first owners were the Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, based at [[Fleetwood]].<ref name="History"/> In 1935 she set a number of records for catches landed at Fleetwood, and was present at [[George V of the United Kingdom|HM King George V]]'s Silver Jubilee [[Fleet Review|Spithead Review]], representing the port of Fleetwood.<ref name="History"/> She was sold later that year to the Admiralty, who had her converted into an [[anti-submarine warfare]] trawler with the addition of [[ASDIC]] and a 4 in gun. They classed her and a number of other trawlers as the Gem group, and the name ''Amethyst'' was selected. |
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She continued to serve during the Second World War, but on 24 November 1940, whilst under the command of T/Lt. the [[Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke|Hon. W.K. Rous]], [[Royal Naval Reserve|RNVR]], she struck a [[Naval mine|mine]] in the [[Thames Estuary]] and sank.<ref>[http://www.royal-naval-reserve.co.uk/lost.htm Record of trawlers lost]</ref> There were no casualties, and the survivors were landed at [[Southend]], where they were briefly arrested under the suspicion of being survivors from a sunken German craft.<ref name="History"/> |
She continued to serve during the Second World War, but on 24 November 1940, whilst under the command of T/Lt. the [[Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke|Hon. W.K. Rous]], [[Royal Naval Reserve|RNVR]], she struck a [[Naval mine|mine]] in the [[Thames Estuary]] and sank.<ref>[http://www.royal-naval-reserve.co.uk/lost.htm Record of trawlers lost]</ref> There were no casualties, and the survivors were landed at [[Southend]], where they were briefly arrested under the suspicion of being survivors from a sunken German craft.<ref name="History"/> |
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Revision as of 00:01, 6 July 2017
 HMT Amethyst in her earlier guise as the Phyllis Rosalie
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| Name | HMT Amethyst |
| Builder | Smith's Dock Co., South Bank-on-Tees |
| Yard number | 963 |
| Launched | 15 January 1934 |
| Completed | February 1934 |
| Acquired | 1935 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Sunk by mine on 24 November 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 447 tons |
| Length | 157 feet 3 inches |
| Beam | 26 feet 4 inches |
| Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
| Armament | 1 × 4 in gun |
| Notes | Pennant number T12 |
HMT Amethyst was a naval trawler requisitioned by the Admiralty prior to the Second World War. She was sunk in the second year of the war.
Amethyst was built as the commercial trawler Phyllis Rosalie by Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees and was launched on 15 January 1934.[1] Her first owners were the Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, based at Fleetwood.[1] In 1935 she set a number of records for catches landed at Fleetwood, and was present at HM King George V's Silver Jubilee Spithead Review, representing the port of Fleetwood.[1] She was sold later that year to the Admiralty, who had her converted into an anti-submarine warfare trawler with the addition of ASDIC and a 4 in gun. They classed her and a number of other trawlers as the Gem group, and the name Amethyst was selected.
She continued to serve during the Second World War, but on 24 November 1940, whilst under the command of T/Lt. the Hon. W.K. Rous, RNVR, she struck a mine in the Thames Estuary and sank.[2] There were no casualties, and the survivors were landed at Southend, where they were briefly arrested under the suspicion of being survivors from a sunken German craft.[1]
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