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MeeToo
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WW1 - HMT Flint Castle
« on: Wednesday 08 April 09 09:29 UTC (UK) »

Anyone able to direct me towards information on the above trawler?  Alexander Lees is listed as 'Skipper RNR HMT Flint Castle No 362 DA' in Jan 1918.  I would like any information on this boat and its activities during WW1.  Family story says that Alexander was injured when his boat (possibly the Flint Castle) rammed a German U-boat, resulting in his early death in 1921.

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Re: WW1 - HMT Flint Castle
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 08 April 09 11:16 UTC (UK) »

Hi MeeToo,

I found a lot of information on my gt grandad who served in the RNR in ww1 at the great war forum (easier just to google it, the site is something like 1914-1918 invisionforce...). Just register and post your query in the Navy topics. I had a search and there is nothing about the Flint Castle on there yet. I also had a search for it on the u boat site, uboat.net again nothing there, just a ww2 naval ship, but there is a page telling what happened to each ww1 uboat, various
sinkings by ramming. You might land lucky.

Good luck,

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Re: WW1 - HMT Flint Castle
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 08 April 09 21:08 UTC (UK) »

Hi Grothenwell

Thanks for the advice - I'll give that a try.  I had looked at uboats.net but couldn't find anything relating to a WW1 Flint Castle.

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Re: WW1 - HMT Flint Castle
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 April 09 15:59 UTC (UK) »

Have you seen what the cause of death was on Alexander's DC? If the injury was that severe it may have been recorded in his service record.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/navy/?WT.lp=-33481

The downside is you have to go to Kew to view them.


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Re: WW1 - HMT Flint Castle
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 16 April 09 19:36 UTC (UK) »

Hi Kirsty

Thanks for that info - I have already looked at National Archives.  The cause of death on DC was actually TB.  Family say he died as a direct result of the war, so I was guessing he may have had a chest injury that left him susceptible to infection.

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