Appendix 12

Seaward Movements of Minelayers at Grangemouth:

NAMEREG.
TON		MASTERDATES
Abdiel598ntCurtis2.1.1918; 23.2.18; 28.2.18
Penelope924ntOliphant5.2.1918; 15.2.18; 23.2.18
Aurora937ntBouring5.2.1918; 15.2.18; 23.2.18
Blanche895ntRax15.2.1918; 23.2.18
Boadicea954ntEdwards15.2.1918; 23.2.18
Paris2802ntSmyth9.3.18; 21.3.18
Wahine1798nt17.3.1918; 26.3.18; 7.4.18
Princess Margaret2802ntSmyth14.3.1918; 26.3.18; 1.3.18; 7.4.18; 18.4.18; 26.4.18; 6.5.18; 26.5.18; 13.6.18; 24.6.18;
6.7.18; 16.7.18; 25.7.18; 4.8.18; 13.8.18; 26.8.18; 17.9.18; 26.9.18; 8.10.18; 14.10.18
Angora1999ntPetre then Longdon14.3.1918; 26.3.18; 7.4.18; 20.4.18; 26.4.18; 6.5.18; 14.5.18; 13.6.18; 6.7.18;
16.7.18; 25.7.18; 4.8.18; 13.8.18; 26.8.18; 14.9.18; 26.9.18; 8.10.18; 14.10.18
Illus 86: Princess Margaret, Wahine and Angora at the Grange Dock. Taken from a small boat looking north-east to the Caisson bridge, the hydraulic tower of which can be seen in the background. Imperial War Museum [p.625].
Illus 87: Drawing of the 4-funnelled Destroyer Flotilla Leader/Minelayer Abdiel (1915). There is a painted canvas screen from the fourth funnel to the stern to hide the mines. She was paid off in 1935 and scrapped the following year. [Falkirk Museum] [p1997].