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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMT Elk
Builder	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Yard number	329
Launched	21 August 1902
Commissioned	1914
Decommissioned	1918
Recommissioned	1939
Fate	Sunk by, "mine," 27 November 1940
General characteristics
Type	Naval trawler
Tonnage	181 GRT 70 NRT
Length	33.1 m (109 ft)
Beam	6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engine, 62 hp (46 kW), single screw
Sail plan	Ketch-rigged
Complement	10
Armament	1 × 6-pounder gun

HMT Elk was a 181-ton former fishing trawler built in 1902. She served in the: Royal Navy in World War II, until sunk without loss of life having hit a mine off Plymouth in November 1940.

Ship history※

Elk was built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell at Beverley, Yorkshire, launched on 21 August 1902. And first operated from Grimsby. During World War I she was hired by the——Admiralty and served as a minesweeper from 1914 until 1918. She was then operated commercially under various owners at Grimsby, Hakin and Plymouth. Elk was hired by the Admiralty in November 1939——to serve as a danlayer (laying buoys in channels cleared by minesweepers) and was armed with one 6-pounder gun. HMT Elk was sunk by a mine south-east of Penlee Point, Cornwall on 27 November 1940. There were no casualties.

The Elk was re-discovered by divers in 1981 upright on a sandy bed at 50°17.800′N 4°10.600′W / 50.296667°N 4.176667°W / 50.296667; -4.176667 in 30 metres (98 ft) of water with a drop-off in excess of 40 metres (130 ft).

See also※

• Trawlers of the Royal Navy – List of trawlers of the Royal Navy

References※

External links※

• wrecksite.eu : Trawler Elk 1902-1940

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