HMT Agate (1933)

HM Trawler Agate was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1935. She was modified from a trawler to be used to carry out anti-submarine work. In 1941 she was with the maintenance reserve at Rosyth, but in August was part of the Royal Navy’s escort flotilla with convoy FS559 when she ran aground, becoming a total loss, on Haisborough Sands on the 6 August with a loss of all sixteen crewman.

HMT Agate (1933)

HM Trawler Agate was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1935. She was modified from a trawler to be used to carry out anti-submarine work. In 1941 she was with the maintenance reserve at Rosyth, but in August was part of the Royal Navy’s escort flotilla with convoy FS559 when she ran aground, becoming a total loss, on Haisborough Sands on the 6 August with a loss of all sixteen crewman.