Bittern built 1903 G. Cooper Hull for T. Baskcomb Grimsby
10/1914 Registered to T. W. Baskcomb, Grimsby
12/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
02/1915 Renamed Bittern II
11/1915 Registered to Thomas Baskcomb Ltd Grimsby
1919 Returned to owners
04/1919 Sold to J. Holland & W. H. Johnstone
12/1922 Bought by W. Would
12/1924 Went to Thomas Charles & Fred Moss Ltd Fish Dock Road Grimsby
01/1925 Renamed Carlton
Her Details are
- Official Number 118912
- Call Sign VGBK
- Admiralty number FY 432
- Armament 1-6pdr
- GT 207 NT 84
- Quarter Deck 59 Foc’sle 19
- Dimensions 114.5 x 21.5 x 11.2
- Engines 55 HP
Sank by mine about 3 miles off Spurn on the 25/10/1940