 HMTGulland in November 1943 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Builder | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, Yorkshire, England |
| Laid down | 30 April 1943 |
| Launched | 5 August 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1943 |
| Fate | Sold for mercantile use 1946; wrecked 13 April 1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Isles-class trawler |
| Displacement | 545 long tons (554 t) |
| Length | 164 ft (50 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 1 in (3.38 m) (deep load) |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft; 1triple-expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 12.25 knots (22.69 km/h; 14.10 mph) |
| Complement | 35–40 |
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04°02′50″S39°43′57″E / 4.04722°S 39.73250°E /-4.04722; 39.73250HMTGulland was anIsles-class trawlers built for theRoyal Navy during the Second World War for a variety of tasks, including anti-submarine patrol. She was launched placed on the disposal list after the war and sold to Belgian owners in March 1946.
The Isles-class ships were 164 feet (50.0 m) long, with abeam of 27 feet 8 inches (8.4 m) and adraught of 11 feet 1 inch (3.4 m) atdeep load. Theydisplaced was 545long tons (554 t) at normal load, which increased to 770 long tons (780 t) at deep load. A singlecylindrical boiler fed steam to atriple-expansion steam engine that drove a singlepropeller shaft. The engine was rated at 850indicated horsepower (630 kW) which gave the ships a speed of 12.25 knots (22.69 km/h; 14.10 mph). They carried up to 183 long tons (186 t) of coal and had acomplement of 35–40 officers andratings.[1]
The following year the ship changed hands and was renamedHenken and two years later sold to Arab Navigation & Transport Co. inAden and renamedArab Trader. On 13 April 1951 the ship grounded three miles north ofMombasa,Kenya, while on a voyage fromAden toMauritius with a cargo of lentils. Within a day or two the heavy seas flooded the engine and boiler room, and the wreck settled on the reef with the main deck awash at high water. With a cargo that was now worthless and no one in Mombasa capable of salvaging the ship, she was abandoned as a total loss. The wreck broke up in the surf and at a later date the remains were demolished with explosives. What was left of the wreck was rediscovered in the 1970s on an extremely low tide in front of the Reef Hotel consisting of a pile of steel plate and machinery on the edge of the reef at its current location.
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