Hi All, I have an interestin all things Navy. Alittle info on the action concerning the sinking of HMS Partridge. 12 December 1917 HMS Partridge C.O. Lt. Cdr. R. H .Ranson RN Location: Norwegian Sea, SW of Bjorne Fjord Cause: Gunfire and Torpedo Notes: On 11 December 1917 HMS Partridge, accompanied by HMS Pellew and four trawlers, left Lerwick for Bergen with a six ship convoy. At 1145 hrs on the 12th the convoy was attacked by four German destroyers, G.101, G.103, G.104 and V.100. Partridge was hit almost immediatelyby a shell that severed her main steam pipeand left her lying dead in the water. She did fire a torpedo, which V.100, but unfortunately this failed to explode before she was struck by a torpedo herself. Ranson gave the order to abandon ship and Partridge was then hit by a further two torpedoes. The German destroyers nsank all six merchant ships and the trawler escorts and escaped under cover of bad weather, leaving the damaged Pellew as the only survivor. Source: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century, Paul Kemp. The four trawlers lost in the same action were as follows. COMMANDER FULLERTON Displacement: 227 Gross Tons 89HP Engines: 60HP Admiralty No: 3063 Port Reg. H. 286 1915 Launched. Built at Goole by by Goole SB Co. Owned by Hellyer SFC of Hull. Requisitioned in September. LOST. Sunk by SMS Emden and Destroyers of the German Third Half-Flotilla on 12th December. ICW Destroyers Pellew and Partridge together with Trs. LIVINGSTONE, LORD ALVERSTONE and TOKIO she was escorting a Scandinavian convoy when attacked by the Germans. The Skipper, J W Whelan was killed and all the ships in the convoy were sunk as were all the escorts with the exception of PELLEW. LIVINGSTONE Displacement: 213TG 71TN Engines: 60 NHP = 10K Armament: 1 x 3pdr Admiralty No: 256 Port Reg: H. 496 1900: Launched. Built at Hull by CWG. Owned by Nation STC of Hull. 1914: Requisitioned in August and converted to a Minesweeper. 1917: Acquired East Riding SFC of Hull. Employed as for Scandinavian convoys. LORD ALVERSTONE Displacement: 247TG 98TN Engines: 69 NHP = 10K Dimensions: 117ft x 22ft x 12ft 6 ins Armament: 1 x 6pdrAA Admiralty No: 3047 Port Reg: GY. 1059 1917: Launched in June. Built at Beverley by CWG. Owned by North Westsern SFC of Grimsby. Requesitioned in June and converted to a Minesweeper. TOKIO Displacement: 295TG Armament: 1 x 3pdr Admiralty No: 313 1907: Launched. 1914: Requesitioned in August and converted to a Minesweeper. Source: Royal Navy Trawlers, Part Two:, Requisitioned Trawlers. Gerald Toghill. Regards G Longmate