Drummer Built 1915 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for The Admiralty as Military Class Trawler Dragoon
11/12/1914 Purchased by the Admiralty whilst still on the stocks
01/1919 Renamed Drummer
26/02/1920 Bought by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
09/1927 Registered with Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
08/1939 Requisitioned as an auxiliary minesweeper
07/1940 Converted to a APV
| Surname | Forenames | Age at Death | Date of Death | Rank | Boat |
| FORSTER | Albert Edward | 42 | 04/08/1940 | Chief Engineman | Drummer |
| WHYKES | Charles Warren | Unknown | 04/08/1940 | Ordinary Seaman | Drummer |
Her Details are
- Official Number 143946
- Yard Number 602
- Call Sign GTVJ
- Admiralty Number FY 576
- GT 276 NT 117
- Dimensions 138.7 x 23.5 x 12.8
- Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 21
- Engines Smiths Dock Middlesbrough Triple expansion 12.5, 21, 35 in x 26 in 84 NHP
Lost 04/08/1940 off Brightlingsea Sunk by a magnetic mine with the loss of 4 lives whilst on Admiralty service