{"id":81,"date":"2020-04-30T18:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=81"},"modified":"2021-07-30T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:40:29","slug":"dagon-gy-957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/dagon-gy-957\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagon GY 957"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dagon built 1914\u00a0Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough\u00a0for\u00a0Consolidated Steam Fishing &amp; Ice<br>06\/1915\u00a0Requisitioned\u00a0<br>08\/12\/1916 English Channel &#8211; Lt Edward Roberts RNR Skipper Isaac Pearce employed as patrol vessel <br>Dover Patrol near Royal Sovereign LV\u00a0<br>Mined at 18:25 laid by UC.21 Reinhold Saltzwedel shortly before sank rapidly off Royal Sovereign LV off Beachy Head 50.40N 00.30E <br>Both officers and 10 ratings lost but 7 survivors<br>Note according to \u201cThe Dover Patrol 1914-18\u201d a U-boat fired a torpedo at a British destroyer missed and hit HMS Dagon with the loss of all her crew including Lt E E Roberts <br>\u201cSwept Channels\u201d supports the torpedoing the ship exploding violently and sinking almost at once It goes on to report that none of the officers and crew were saved\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Surname<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Forenames<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Age at Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Date of Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Boat<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BRAY<\/td><td>ROBERT<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>08\/12\/1916<\/td><td>Trimmer<\/td><td>Dagon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PARTON<\/td><td>GEORGE<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>08\/12\/1916<\/td><td>Second Hand<\/td><td>Dagon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>RAPER<\/td><td>WILLIAM THOMAS<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>08\/12\/1916<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Dagon<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her details are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Official Number 135991<\/li><li>Yard Number 568<\/li><li>Admiralty Number FY 3202<\/li><li>Armament 1-12pdr<\/li><li>GT 250 NT 96<\/li><li>Dimensions 125 x 23.5 x 13<\/li><li>Quarter Deck 74 Foc&#8217;sle 20<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">08\/12\/1916&nbsp;Mined near Royal Sovereign Light Vessel whilst in Admiralty Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dagon built 1914\u00a0Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough\u00a0for\u00a0Consolidated Steam Fishing &amp; 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