Medusa

Medusa
Rig Class.Steam Yacht
Year built:1906
Fate:Sunk by bombs in March 1940
General characteristics
Class & Type:Steam Yacht
Ton:627 tons
Beam:


Medusa was taken into war service in January 1915, had her name changed to Medusa II, and served until March 1919.

She was armed with one 12-pounder and one 6-pounder, and was part of the Auxiliary Patrol in the Tyne area in 1915 and then in the Orkney Islands between 1916 and 1918.

She was again requisitioned in September 1939 and renamed Mollusc.  She was used as an anti-submarine escort vessel off the north-east coast.  On 17 March 1940 she was bombed off Blyth.  Two near misses sank her, but there were no casualties.

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