HMT Robert Smith
| Name | HMT Robert Smith |
| Type | Navy Trawler
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| GRT | 211 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1915
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| Builder | Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen
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| Operator | Royal Navy
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| History | Peace-time operator: Aberdeen Pioneer Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. (taken into naval service at completition)
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U-boat attacks on Navy Trawler Robert Smith
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 21 Jul 1917 | U 44 (Paul Wagenführ) | Sunk | Sunk by gunfire. No survivors recovered. Exact time and position unknown. Location given is where vessel was last seen by HMT Offa II on July 21, 1917.
| 59° 14'N, 9° 40'W
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| 25
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| At a meeting with U 84, U 44 claimed to have sunk a number of vessels including a patrol vessel by gunnery. This ship could only have been the Robert Smith
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Position of attack on Robert Smith
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