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HMT Robert Smith.

HMT Robert Smith (No 1737 ).  After 20/07/1917​
​
Displacement: 221 grt.
Length: 35.5 m.    Beam: 6.9 m.   Draught: 4 m.
Propulsion: Triple expansion engine, 1 boiler, 1 screw.
Complement: 25 
Men Lost:
25
Armament:
1 x 12 pdr & 1 x 6 pdr

The steam trawler Robert Smith was built by Hall A. & Sons Ltd. - Alexander Hall, Aberdeen in 1915 for the Aberdeen Pioneer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd and registered in Aberdeen A353. Hired by the Royal Navy as a patrol vessel. 

HMT Robert Smith was working with the 10th cruiser Squadron and was last reportedly seen by HMT Offa II (No 1406) at 3.30 am on 21st July 1917 in position 59 14N  09 40W. The vessel was then lost without trace with no confirmed reported reason for the loss. 

It is not known what happened to HMT Robert Smith but it is thought the trawler was most likely sunk by gunfire from U-44,
(Kapitänleutnant Paul Wagenführ). 

U-44 did not survive the patrol being rammed sunk off Norway by HMS Oracle with the loss of all the crew on 12th August 1917 so there is no KTB to confirm events.

​U-44 had a meeting with U-84 off North Hebrides on the 8th August 1917, while on the return journey to Germany, and had communicated that four vessels had been sunk.

Two large steamships, one of which was a Q ship. Post war assessments showed these were the 2,095 ton ''Q' ship Bracondale, and the 2,200 ton Norwegian steamship Thorsdal.

Also reported was a sailing vessel, which was the American 132 wooden schooner John Hays Hammond, and a patrol vessel had been sunk by gunfire. The patrol vessel was most likely the HMT Robert Smith.   


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                                                                 The Crew   (research into the crew ongoing)


 ​BARKSBY, Herbert, Trimmer Cook, RNR, TC 789

 BELL, Frank, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 12450

 BOYCE, Joe, Seaman, RNR, C 1969

 GERRARD, ERNEST DUNDAS (27), Lieutenant,

 GILLIES, Roderick, Seaman, RNR, B 3560

 GRAHAM, Norman, Seaman, RNR, A 7888

 GREEN, John W, Telegraphist, RNVR, Tyneside Z 3585

 HAMMANS, John J, Signalman, RNVR, London Z 1756

 HITCHCOCK, Harold J, Deck Hand, RNR, SD 653

 HORNER, George, Trimmer, RNR, TS 5615

 JOHNSTON, Andrew, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, B 3798

 LEWIN, JOSEPH (40), Lieutenant,

 MAIN, John, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7724

 MCGRATH, Thomas, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, B 4157

 NURSE, Rochfort, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9741

 RALPH, George, Act/2nd Hand, RNR, C 2441

 REID, David, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7857

 REID, John, Trimmer, RNR, TS 4781

 ROBINSON, GEORGE WILLIAM , Skipper,

 STUART, George S, Act/Engineman, RNR, V 711

 TAIT, William, Act/Deck Hand, RNR (Shetland Section), L 1075

 TERRELL, Robert J, Leading Deck Hand, RNR, D 1593

 TOMPKIN, Richard, Act/Engineman, RNR, V 468

 TUCKER, Edward S, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 7763

 WOOD, John W, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 9735
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      • HMS NESSUS
      • HMS GOLDFINCH
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      • HMT SARAH ALICE
      • HMT THOMAS STRATTON
      • HMT NEATH CASTLE
      • HMT ROBERT SMITH
      • HMT STRATHGARRY
    • HM TRAWLERS : NO LOSS OF LIFE >
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      • HMT EDISON
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      • HMS ROEDEAN
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      • HMY CONQUEROR II
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      • SM U 18
      • SM U 36
      • SM U 92
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    • ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY >
      • RFA BEACON LIGHT
      • RFA OAKLEAF
  • OTHER TRAGEDIES
    • Orkney >
      • Orkney Tragedies
      • Orkney Rescues
      • Lieut. Gerald F.W. Addison
      • Diver P.O. Alfred Edwin Church
      • A.B. William Sydney Wooldridge
      • Houton ''whaler'' tragedy
    • Shetland >
      • Shetland Tragedies
      • Lieut. James Winstanley-Pochin R.N.
      • Lerwick Explosion
    • MERCHANT SHIPS >
      • SS EXPRESS
      • SS SWIFTSURE
      • SS ARGUS
      • TRAWLER AMADAVAT
    • RNAS Aviation >
      • SSP 2
      • SSP 4
      • Short 74 Seaplane ''77''
    • INTERNATIONAL >
      • U.S.S RICHARD BULKELEY
      • U.S.S. Curlew
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