Ship name former namesShip typeYear acquired commissionedServiceRole at time of lossGunsPresent ownerPennant no official numberCargo other and oil amount unspecifiedCargo oil tonnesBunker oil tonnesTonnage displacementLoss notesCauseLatLongField1CountryDate lossRequisitioned vessels hire detailsRequisitioned vessels original ownersYear launched aYear launched bUnesco signatorWreck in situInvestigation conductedLegislationRef1 ▼Ref2Srn edWreck foundRow reports
Billdoraspecial service ship (requisitioned)0000000.000.0039.00Diesel launch tug. Sunk by Enemy Action, East IndiesUnknown - lost in action0.0000000.0000000East Indies, location unknown0000-00-001942000000HMSO 1947www.thamestugs.co.ukN/A
Gambhira/War Merlinspecial service ship (purchased)0000000.000.005257.00Purchased from shipbreakers 1939. Sunk as blockship, Scapa Flow. Wreck refloated 1943 and sunk again as artillery target 16-17/10/1943 off Llandudno. Wreck dispersed by explosives 1948.Expended - in action0.0000000.0000000UK0000-00-001919000000HMSO 1947wrecksite.euN/A
Moylespecial service ship (purchased)0000000.000.001761.00Sunk as blockship at DunkirkExpended - in action0.0000000.0000000France N0000-00-001907000000HMSO 1947wrecksite.euVol. 2 1989
Norfalk (ex War Hector/Western Ally/Forbes Hauptmann/Empire Kittiwake)special service vessel (Purchased)0000000.000.005672.00Foundered under tow after striking mine. Was enroute to be sunk as blockship at Utah Beach.Mined - unknown source0.0000000.0000000France N0000-00-001919000000HMSO 1947wrecksite.euN/A
ArmenierSpecial Service Vessel0000000.000.00914.00ex French Navy Auxiliary Minelayer, seized 1940, MoS/MoWT/Admiralty depot ship, April 1945 beached near Littlehampton as RAF target (NB Colledge Vol 2 has 27.8.45)Scuttled - target0.0000000.0000000UK0000-00-001919000000HMSO 1947WrecksiteVol. 2 1989
Collingdocspecial service vessel (Purchased)0000000.000.001780.00ex D.B. Hanna. Damaged by mine 1941, total constructive loss. Sunk as blockship, Scapa FlowExpended - in action0.0000000.0000000UK0000-00-001925000000HMSO 1947wrecksiteVol. 2. 1989
Dover Prize (ex Blade of Wheat)6th rate 10 (purchased)0000000.000.00150.00ex French prize captured 1/11/1689, purchased 29/11/1689. Wrecked at Mill Bay, Plymouthwrecked0.0000000.0000000UK0000-00-000000000000Lyon 1993: 342Winfield 2009: 207Vol. 1 2020
Saltashstoreship0000000.000.00109.00wrecked on Cornish coastwrecked0.0000000.0000000UK0000-00-000000000000Lyon 1993: 323Winfield 2007: 365Vol.1 2020
Goodwilllighter0000000.000.0073.00Sheerness Dockyard craft. Sunk as breakwaterScuttled - construction0.0000000.0000000UK0000-00-000000000000Lyon 1993: 320Winfield 2007: 364N/A
Pigmy (ex Ranger)gun brig 16 (purchased)0000000.000.00217.00ex revenue cutter purchased 1806. Run aground near Ile Oleron, Rochefort. NB both Colledge & Winfield list this vessel twice as a cutter & gun brig. However these must be the same vessel lost under Lt. Higginson.wrecked0.0000000.0000000France N0000-00-000000000000Winfield 2005: 350Winfield 2005: 370Vol.1 2020