Gleaner of the Sea
Gleaner of the Sea LT1170, had a closer encounter on April 24, 1916, when a U-boat fouled its anchor cable and then became entangled in its net. As the U-boat lay beneath the drifter, skipper Robert Hurren threw a lance bomb – a primitive anti-submarine weapon, deployed like an ancient whale harpoon – onto its foredeck and sank it.
On 26 October 1916, Roburn and Gleaner of the Sea were both sunk, along with four other drifters, all from Lowestoft, when destroyers attacked the boom drifters, killing 43 driftermen. CREDIT:fishingnews.co.uk