‘Drummer’ GY.1097; bridge from mast c1930s.

From a negative.

‘Dragoon’ was a Military Class Trawler built in 1915 by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesborough for the Admiralty. The Admiralty purchased her whilst she was being built. In 1914, ‘Dragoon’ was purchased by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co., Grimsby and renamed ‘Drummer’ GY.1097.

In 1939, ‘Drummer’ was requisitioned as a minesweeper. Whilst minesweeping off the Essex Coast near Brightlingsea in August 1940, ‘Drummer’ was sunk by a nearby magnetic mine which exploded. Two men were lost.