Catania

Catania
Rig Class.Steam Yacht
Year built:1895
General characteristics
Ton:639 tons
Beam:

Catania was taken up for war service in September 1914 and was armed with two 6-pounders.

She firstly served with the Yacht Patrol in the Cromarty area under the command of her owner but, in 1915, he was sent to serve with the British Military Mission to the Belgian Army.

Later in the war, however, he returned to command her in the Mediterranean where she was serving as the flagship of a fleet of armed motor launches.  These launches operated in the Suez Canal and the Straits of Otranto against Turkish mine-laying vessels and German submarines.

She served until February 1919.

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