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HMS Gaillardia was an Aubretia class sloop of the Royal Navy, built in 1917. These were relatively small warships of just over one thousand tons equipped with seven guns and a depth charge launcher. They had a crew of up to one hundred and were used in convoy protection as well as other duties. On 22 March 1918, she struck a British laid mine in the Northern Barrage, Pentland Firth, off the north Scottish coast and sank with the loss of ninety three men. One of these was Walter Thompson.