HMS Promotive
British M/S trawler
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| Name | HMS Promotive | ||
| Type: | M/S trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 78 tons | ||
| Completed | 1908 | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 23 Dec 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-31 (Johannes Habekost) | ||
| Position | 57° 52'N, 5° 40'W - Grid AM 3853 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
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| History | In 1939 the drifter Promotive was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to a M/S trawler. | ||
| Notes on event | On 23 December 1939 the M/S trawlers HMS Glen Albyn and HMS Promotive sank after striking mines that were laid on 27 October by U-31 at the entrance to Loch Ewe. | ||
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