Dewey

DEWEY was an Admiralty hired drifter (No K1297), built in 1908 of 84 grt, Lowestoft registered as LT.59. 

Described as a Steam screw Ketch, 1st class, 10 men, herring nets.

Armed with a 1 x 6 pdr, DEWEY was in service since November 1914 as a patrol boat until sunk on August 12, 1917 in a collision, off the ROYAL SOVEREIGN LIGHTVESSEL. There were 11 casualties.

View out of the bow

                                                                   

                                                           Video of the Dewey

Catalogue Reference: This file is titled “Collision between Armed Drifter DEWEY and SS GLENIFER” and dates to August 1917.

			ASKEW, JOHN JOSEPH, seaman, (no. 6893A), Royal Naval Reserve, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
			BURWOOD, FREDERICK HENRY, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, Son of William Henry and Alice Burwood, of Lowestoft; husband of Ivy Harriet Burwood, of 13, Melbourne Rd., Lowestoft, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			CHURCH, CHARLES GEORGE, Engineman, (no. 1507ES), Royal Naval Reserve, Son of William and Mary Ann Church, of Church Farm, Oulton Rd., Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			CLOTHIER, FREDERICK CHARLES, Deckhand, (no. 16460DA), Royal Naval Reserve, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			DIVERS, PETER MCNAIR, Engineman, (no. 4332ES), Royal Naval Reserve, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
			HALL, ROBERT, Second Hand, (no. 775SA), Royal Naval Reserve, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			HILL, HENRY, Trimmer, Royal Naval Reserve, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			SIMPSON, EDWARD SIRE, Deckhand, (no. 10781DA), Royal Naval Reserve, Son of Mark and Elizabeth Simpson, of Lowestoft; husband of Lucy Simpson, of 3, Sudbury Cottages, Bevan St., Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			WARDROPPER, WILLIAM, Deckhand, (no. 14890DA), Royal Naval Reserve, Son of William and Agnes Wardropper, of 103, Fort St., South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			WILLIAMSON, ROBERT, Signalman, (no. Tyneside/Z/48), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Son of John Charles and Margaret Williamson, of 30, Diamond Row, Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Born at South Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
			WRIGHT, ALBERT WILLIAM, Deckhand, (no. 14600DA), Royal Naval Reserve, Son of Arthur Henry and Agnes Ellen Wright, of 197, High St., Maldon, Essex, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial