Post by KG on Jul 4, 2018 13:20:34 GMT
Barry 1907 HMS - Paddle Fleet Messenger
HMS Barry
Fleet Messenger - Y4.28
HMS Barryfield
WWII:
HMS Snaefell
Auxiliary Paddle Minesweeper - J.118
Launched by John Brown Clydebank, Yard No 379, on 4/5/1907 as a Paddle Steamer for the Barry Railway Company. Bombed and Sunk 5/7/1941
497 grt
225.5 ft x 26.6 ft
Side Paddle, Compound diagonal 25.5 and 54 in x 54 in, 178nhp giving 17.5 knots
1910 to the Bristol Channel Passenger Boats Ltd
1911 to P.& A. Campbell
1914 used to transport German prisoners
29/6/1915 requisitioned as a Fleet Messenger and took part in the Gallipoli landings carrying troops and acting as a store carrier. She was then stationed in Greece, based in Salonika.
September 1917 renamed HMS BARRYFIELD
20/11/1919 Returned as BARRY
1920 Refitted by John Brown’s
1925 renamed WAVERLEY and stationed at Brighton
October 1939 requisitioned and converted to a paddle minesweeper at Milford Haven with 1 x 12pdr and light AA guns.
12/11/1939 commissioned as HMS SNAEFELL and attached to the 8th Minesweeping Flotilla, North Shields
30/5/1940 arrived at Harwich and set off the same day for Dunkirk coming under air attack before anchoring at La Panne beaches. After taking on 583 soldiers she headed back, but first towed Glen Gower off the beach. She continued to assist in the evacuations and was one of the last to leave with a cargo of 981 soldiers. She then returned to her duties in the North.
5/7/1941 sunk in a bombing raid off Sunderland, taking a direct hit forward of the bridge with three killed and nine wounded.
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HMS Barry
Fleet Messenger - Y4.28
HMS Barryfield
WWII:
HMS Snaefell
Auxiliary Paddle Minesweeper - J.118
Launched by John Brown Clydebank, Yard No 379, on 4/5/1907 as a Paddle Steamer for the Barry Railway Company. Bombed and Sunk 5/7/1941
497 grt
225.5 ft x 26.6 ft
Side Paddle, Compound diagonal 25.5 and 54 in x 54 in, 178nhp giving 17.5 knots
1910 to the Bristol Channel Passenger Boats Ltd
1911 to P.& A. Campbell
1914 used to transport German prisoners
29/6/1915 requisitioned as a Fleet Messenger and took part in the Gallipoli landings carrying troops and acting as a store carrier. She was then stationed in Greece, based in Salonika.
September 1917 renamed HMS BARRYFIELD
20/11/1919 Returned as BARRY
1920 Refitted by John Brown’s
1925 renamed WAVERLEY and stationed at Brighton
October 1939 requisitioned and converted to a paddle minesweeper at Milford Haven with 1 x 12pdr and light AA guns.
12/11/1939 commissioned as HMS SNAEFELL and attached to the 8th Minesweeping Flotilla, North Shields
30/5/1940 arrived at Harwich and set off the same day for Dunkirk coming under air attack before anchoring at La Panne beaches. After taking on 583 soldiers she headed back, but first towed Glen Gower off the beach. She continued to assist in the evacuations and was one of the last to leave with a cargo of 981 soldiers. She then returned to her duties in the North.
5/7/1941 sunk in a bombing raid off Sunderland, taking a direct hit forward of the bridge with three killed and nine wounded.
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