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His Majesty's Trawler Corientes was a Naval trawler that served as a Minesweeper during the First World War. She was lost with all hands when she struck a mine off the coast of Ireland on the 23 June 1917.

History
Built by the shipbuilders Cook, Welton & Gemmell in 1910 as a trawler, she measured 131.5ft x 22.5ft and had a gross weight of 280 tons. She was owned by Thomas W. Baskcomb of Grimsby and was registered as GY 552.

In February of 1915, she was drafted into the Royal navy to serve as a minesweeper under Admiralty number 1149. As part of her conversion, she was armed with a single 6 pounder gun.

On the 23rd of June, 1917, she was patrolling waters of the coast of Northern Ireland of Malin head when she struck a mine laid by the U-boat U-79. This resulted in the sinking of the Corientes and the loss of her crew.

Wreck
Corientes currently rests at a depth of 33m at Latitude 55.37305556 and Longitude 7.17694444, approximately 4 miles North of Malin Head.

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