{"id":5771,"date":"2020-07-22T10:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T09:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=5771"},"modified":"2021-09-21T11:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T10:43:36","slug":"moravia-gy-1180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/22\/moravia-gy-1180\/","title":{"rendered":"Moravia GY 1180"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Moravia Built 17\/07\/1900 by Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell for Great Grimsby &amp; East Coast Steam Fishing Co<br>15\/12\/1913 Sold to Spartan Steam Fishing Co <br>Renamed Scouter GY 1180<br>06\/09\/1915 Went to Lindsey Steam fishing Co Grimsby<br>07\/1915 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper<br>1919 Returned to owners<br>1956 Vessel Sold for Scrap to B J Nijkerk SA  Antwerp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180-1200x852.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180-1980x1406.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moravia-GY-1180.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UC 55\u00a0Left Germany under orders to mine the entrance to both Kirkwall and Lerwick\u00a0harbors\u00a0.The mines to be laid in equal numbers and at irregular distances but no more than 5 miles from the\u00a0shore.<br>The\u00a0submarine was sighted on the surface by HMS Sylvia \u2013 a 213 Ton armed Trawler and HMS Moravia, an armed Patrol Trawler carrying a 6 pdr gun. <br>The reason for UC 55 to be on the surface at all so close to shore was that she lost trim whilst mine laying and began to sink rapidly bow first going down to 165 feet at which point her hull plating split since she was beyond her diving limit. <br>The inrush of salt water reached some of her batteries forming Chlorine gas and 1 battery caught fire and she was forced to the surface to recharge her air banks. <br>The second shell from the Sylvia\u2019s 12 pdr gun hit the conning tower killed her commanding officer and disabled the steering gear. <br>A 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0shell struck the hull and she began to sink, after which 2 depth charges were dropped alongside her and blew the enemy ship up. <br>The\u00a0Moravia\u00a0then\u00a0arrived,\u00a0put 2 more shots into the wreck and dropped another depth charge. Seventeen officers and men were taken prisoner ten being killed.\u00a0<br>Passage taken from Shipwreck index of the British Isles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her Details are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Official Number 113185<\/li><li>Yard Number 263<\/li><li>Admiralty Number FY 1600<\/li><li>Armament 1-6pdr<\/li><li>GT 195 NT 63<\/li><li>Dimensions 113.6 x 21.0 x 11.2<\/li><li>Quarter deck 49 Foc&#8217;sle 19<\/li><li>Engines Amos &amp; Smith 55 NHP 10 knots<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>04\/03\/1956 Registration Closed on advise Vessel Broken up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moravia Built 17\/07\/1900 by Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell for Great Grimsby &amp; East Coast Steam Fishing Co15\/12\/1913 Sold to Spartan Steam Fishing Co Renamed Scouter GY 118006\/09\/1915 Went to Lindsey Steam fishing Co Grimsby07\/1915 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper1919 Returned to owners1956 Vessel Sold for Scrap to B J Nijkerk SA Antwerp UC 55\u00a0Left Germany under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[717],"class_list":["post-5771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-gy-1180"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Trevor Hallifax","author_link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/grimsbytrawlers\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/uncategorised\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorised<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorised<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/uncategorised\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">gy-1180<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">gy-1180<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 22 July 2020","modified":"Updated on 21 September 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 22 July 2020 10:49 am","modified":"Updated on 21 September 2021 11:43 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5771"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17605,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions\/17605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}