HMPMS Mercury
| Name | HMPMS Mercury |
| Type | Auxiliary Minesweeper
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| GRT | 378 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1892
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| Builder | Napier, Shanks & Bell, Glasgow
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| Operator | Royal Navy
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| History | Peace-time operator: Glasgow & South Western Railway Co., Glasgow. December 1915 to January 1920, Admiralty requisition, commissioned as a paddle minesweeper.
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U-boat attacks on Auxiliary Minesweeper Mercury
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 26 Apr 1917 | UC 11 (Benno von Ditfurth) | Damaged | Mined 3 miles ENE of the Sunk LV
| 51° 55'N, 1° 44'E
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| 0
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| 2 | 7 Jun 1917 | UC 6 (Werner Löwe) | Damaged | Mined about 4 miles NE of the Sunk Light Vessel
| 51° 54'N, 1° 41'E
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| 2
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| Mine laid June 6, 1917.
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Position of attacks on Mercury
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