History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Redbreast
Operator	G. & J. Burns Ltd, Glasgow [2]
Builder	A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse [1] [2]
Yard number	285 [2]
Launched	18 April 1908 [1]
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Redbreast
Acquired	17 July 1915 [1]
Out of service	15 July 1917 [1]
Fate	Sunk 15 July 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,313  GRT [2]
Length	267 ft (81 m) [2]
Beam	33.6 ft (10.2 m) [2]
Propulsion	Single screw 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, manufactured by builder [2]

HMS Redbreast ^[3] was a passenger/ cargo ship requisitioned by the British Government during World War I, and used as a messenger ship and anti-submarine Q-ship. She was torpedoed and sunk by the Imperial German Navy submarine UC-38 in the Aegean Sea on 15 July 1917 while on passage from Skyros to the Doro Channel. ^{[1] [2]} Forty-two of her crew were killed. ^[1]

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