1. Construction and design

2. History
    Early service  Sinking 

3. References

Davara was a British steam trawler during World War II that was sunk by the {{GS|U-27|1936|6}}. On 6 January 1912, the ship was launched from Selby by the shipbuilding company Cochrane & Sons Ltd. The ship's owner, Mount Steam Fishing Co Ltd. christened her Davara. By March 1912, the trawler was registered and completed and in 1914 she was requisitioned by the British Royal Navy for service in World War I and fitted out for mine sweeping activities. Having survived World War I, she was returned to her owners in 1919 and served as a trawler once more until 13 September 1939 when she was sunk by 35 rounds from {{GS|U-27|1936|2}}'s main deck gun. The 12 man crew managed to escape the submarine in a lifeboat while the Davara later sunk at 14:55 from the damage inflicted by U-27{{'}}s gunfire. Her crew remained in the water "baling and rowing" for five hours before they were picked up by the steamer Willowpool and safely made landfall. Davara was the first British trawler to be sunk by enemy action in World War II.

Construction and design

History

Early service

Following completion and registration, Davara began fishing off of the coast of Ireland and Great Britain. Her service as a trawler continued for about two years uninterrupted before she was requisitioned for war service by the British Navy and fitted out for mine sweeping duties In November 1914 as World War I was just beginning. Davara managed to survive the war unharmed and she was returned to Mount Steam Fishing Co Ltd. in 1919. The vessel returned to trawling duties soon after. On 7 August 1930, the trawler was grounded on "Tiger’s Tail" during an approach to Wyre Dock in Fleetwood. She was soon re-floated and safely proceeded into the dock.^[2]

Sinking

On 12 September 1939, Davara left Fleetwood for a routine fishing trip off of the west coast of Ireland under the command of Skipper William Boyles. A day later on 13 September, the {{GS|U-27|1936|6}} spotted the trawler about {{convert|21|nmi}} North West by North of Tory Island near Donegal, Ireland.^[4] U-27 then began shelling Davara. A total of 35 rounds were fired at the trawler and despite suffering damage, the Skipper of the trawler managed to get a lifeboat into the water and the entire crew of the ship abandoned ship.^[4]

The shelling of the crew-less Davara continued a further thirty minutes. The shelling stopped at 14:55 with Davara{{'}}s sinking. The crew of the trawler who had abandoned ship earlier remained in the lifeboat for a further five hours. They were eventually picked up by the West Hartlepool steamer Willowpool and taken to the safety of the shore.^[4] The sinking of Davara marked the first time that a British trawler was to be sunk in World War II by an enemy submarine. Davara was the 17th ship sunk by a German submarine in World War II.^[2][5]

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