Talk:HMS Terror (I03)

Is the Fastnet the same as the Sandgate?
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, January 1934, says that the Terror and the Fastnet travelled out from Plymouth to Singapore on a voyage of a little under 4 months from October 1933. However, Buxton (2008) states that Terror travelled out on the same 3 month voyage with a ship called the Sandgate. Both vessels are described as being responsible for operating the harbour boom but I can't find a reference to Sandgate in the navy list but Fastnet is shown in the list (February 1939) as operating the boom at Singapore. The Advertiser says that the Fastnet was a wreck that the Royal Navy purchased and repaired. I suspect that they are the same ship; it was wrecked as the Sandgate, purchased by the Royal Navy and then renamed the Fastnet. However it would be useful if someone can identify a third source that can clarify this discrepancy. From Hill To Shore (talk) 21:25, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
 * No two different boats. Fastnet was a Mersey class trawler launched in 1919 as Benjamin Hawkins, sold (probably 7 Dec 1920) and became mercantile Frobisher, reaquired 1933 and renamed Fastnet and converted to a Boom defence vessel. She was transferred to the dutch navy in 1942 and abandoned by them at Batavia April 1942.
 * Sandgate was launched on 28 November 1917 as the dumb (ie no engine) barrage vessel BV.4 renamed Sandgate on 30 June 1933. She was scuttled off Singapore on 13 February 1947. No mention of her ever receiving an engine so she would have either had to be towed or taken as cargo to the far east. Source is mostly  but I can provide detailed cites if you need Lyndaship (talk) 06:49, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's a useful explanation. I'll just add her name to the section on departing Plymouth in 1933, which is supported by Buxton. I don't think anything else needs to be said unless another source reveals something interesting on her journey with Terror. From Hill To Shore (talk) 21:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)