HMS Redbreast (1915)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Redbreast.

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Redbreast
Operator	G. & J. Burns Ltd, Glasgow [1]
Builder	A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse [2] [1]
Yard number	285 [1]
Launched	18 April 1908 [2]
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Redbreast
Acquired	17 July 1915 [2]
Out of service	15 July 1917 [2]
Fate	Sunk 15 July 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,313  GRT [1]
Length	267 ft (81 m) [1]
Beam	33.6 ft (10.2 m) [1]
Propulsion	Single screw 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, manufactured by builder [1]

HMS Redbreast ^[3] was a passenger/cargo ship requisitioned by the British Government during World War I, and used as a messenger ship and anti-submarine Q-ship. She was torpedoed and sunk by the Imperial German Navy submarine UC-38 in the Aegean Sea on 15 July 1917 while on passage from Skyros to the Doro Channel. ^{[2] [1]} Forty-two of her crew were killed. ^[2]

References

1. "SS Redbreast". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. "Requisitioned Auxiliary - Redbreast". Historical RFA. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
3. "Archive listing of Report on Loss of HMS Redbreast July 19-Oct 25 1917". UK National Archives.