HMT Responso
HMT Responso (No 196) 31/12/1915
Displacement: 228 grt.
Length: 35.75 m. Beam: 6.7 m. Draught: 3.35 m.
Propulsion: 3cyl.trip.exp Single boiler, single screw.
Complement: officers and men.
Crew Lost: 0
Armament: 1 x 3 pdr
Displacement: 228 grt.
Length: 35.75 m. Beam: 6.7 m. Draught: 3.35 m.
Propulsion: 3cyl.trip.exp Single boiler, single screw.
Complement: officers and men.
Crew Lost: 0
Armament: 1 x 3 pdr
The Responso was a steam trawler built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd of Beverley in 1912 and registered in Grimsby GY666.
On the 31st December 1915 HMT stranded on The Rive, (The Riv) a reef of the north coast of Sanday, Orkney and became a total wreck.
All crew were saved.
On the 31st December 1915 HMT stranded on The Rive, (The Riv) a reef of the north coast of Sanday, Orkney and became a total wreck.
All crew were saved.
The Riv . (The Rive) Orkney Islands Northern Sheet 1915. (UKHO)
Responso ADM 137-434 Orkney & Shetland Auxilary Patrol Reports
Home Waters Telegrams, 1-6 January 1916. ADM 137/207
The Wreck.
The wreck site of HMT Responso has not been located and there is no UKHO Wreck Card.
The wreck site of HMT Responso has not been located and there is no UKHO Wreck Card.
