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GAGE, Gordon William, OS, VR-3255, RNCVR - MPK 03 Jan 1918, HMT BLACKWHALE

George William Gage was serving as an Ordinary Seaman RNCVR when the ship he was serving in, HMT Blackwhale, was sunk by a German mine during World War I. 

Blackwhale was built by Smiths Dock Company, Limited in Middlesbrough, England in 1915 as a coastal anti-submarine escort for the Royal Navy. She was 237 grt and armed with a single 12-pounder gun. While escorting a convoy off East Fife Ness in the North Sea on 3 January 1918, HM Whaler Blackwhale struck a mine and sank. Twelve of the crew, including George William Gage were killed.