HMT Crathie
HMT Crathie. (No 2980 ) 16/12/1916
Displacement: 225 grt.
Length: 36.0 m. Beam: 6.2 m. Draught: m.
Propulsion: 1 x 3 cyl. triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: 1 x 6pdr deck gun
Displacement: 225 grt.
Length: 36.0 m. Beam: 6.2 m. Draught: m.
Propulsion: 1 x 3 cyl. triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: 1 x 6pdr deck gun
Caledonian Steam Trawling Co. House Flag
The steel trawler Crathie built in 1916 by Duthie J. - John Duthie, Sons & Co. - Torry Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Aberdeen for the Caledonian Steam Trawling Co. and registered A713.
Hired 1916 as a minesweeper based at Larne.
Hired 1916 as a minesweeper based at Larne.
The Loss
On the 16th December 1916, HMT Crathie was Sweeping off the southern islands of Outer Hebrides.
Went ashore, holed in port side, and lost on Nizam Point, Barra Head, Outer Hebrides - in approximate position 57.03N, 07.27.30W. Ship sank before she could be salvaged, divers recovered gun and some stores; no lives lost ADM.137/570.(Auxilliary Patrol. Weekly Reports, Area 1, Stornoway, 1916.)
Went ashore, holed in port side, and lost on Nizam Point, Barra Head, Outer Hebrides - in approximate position 57.03N, 07.27.30W. Ship sank before she could be salvaged, divers recovered gun and some stores; no lives lost ADM.137/570.(Auxilliary Patrol. Weekly Reports, Area 1, Stornoway, 1916.)
Plans in the Hebrides 1144 (UKHO)
The Wreck
HMT Crathie has no UKHO wreck card and to date LIWD have no information that this wreck has been located.
