HMT ''Lincoln City'' was an

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(ASW) trawler in the service of the British

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during

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. She was bombed during an air raid and sank on 21 February 1941 at the

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Construction and Ownership

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built the ship as the

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''Pembroke Castle'' in 1933. The ship was of 398 tons and was equipped with a 1x3 cylinder

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engine. The ship began her life with the Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Compmnay, Ltd., and served as a fishing boat for the company from 1933 until 1939. In April 1938, her name was changed to ''Lincoln City''.

Requisition by the Admiralty

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. The Royal Navy requisitioned ''Lincoln City'' in 1939, equipping her with a single 4-inch (102-mm) gun. Commissioned as HMT ''Lincoln City'', she was put under the command of Skr. Frederick William White Burnett of the

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. He served aboard ''Lincoln City'' from 1 December 1939 until 18 March 1940, at which point T/S. Lt. Francis Albert Seward took over until ''Lincoln City'' was sunk.

Loss

In 1941, ''Lincoln City'' was stationed in

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, located in the

, a constituency of

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. The

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had been ongoing since April 1940 in order to prevent a

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invasion of the strategically important location. During a German air raid on 21 February 1941, ''Lincoln City'' shot down a German bomber but was sunk, killing eight crewmen on board.

References

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