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Earl Lennox built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper Renamed Erling TN 258 later Earl Lennox
1915 Sold to the Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
23/10/1917 off SW Scotland Skipper George William Taylor RNR Escorting ammunition carrier Dunarea through the Sound of Islay with trawler Davara
Earl Lennox was mined forward at 1300 the mine laid by U 79 Otto Rohrbeck 
She broke up and sank off the entrance to the Sound separating Islay and Jura islands 55.44.30N 06.00W
7 ratings lost
Believing the explosion to be a U-boat attack Davara lowered a boat to assist but continued to escort Dunarea through the Sound
On returning only four survivors had been found 

Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
HARTLEY	JOHN FOSTER CRAWFORD	23	23/10/1917	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.”
COATES	THOMAS	41	23/10/1917	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.”
DALTON	OLIVER JAMES	53	23/10/1917	Engineman	H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.”
BORMAN	WALTER WILLOUGHBY	40	23/10/1917	Engineman	H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.”
LUCAS	WILLIAM THOMAS	21	23/10/1917	Trimmer	H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.”
HUBBARD	ALBERT	17	23/10/1917	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.”
ELLARBY	CHARLES EDWARD	51	23/10/1917	Second Hand	H.M. Trawler “Earl Lennox.”

Her Details are 

• Official Number 137014
• Yard Number 306
• Admiralty Number 1441
• Armament 1 6pdr
• GT 226 NT 109
• Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
• Engines Charles D. Holmes 75 NHP 10 knots

 23/10/1917 Mined off enterance to Sound of Islay whilst