Gaul was laid down at Smiths Dock in Middlesbrough May 1936 for the company Hellyer Bros Ltd, but was as so many other trawlers requisitioned by Royal Navy at the outbreak of Second world war. After being refitted, Gaul was put in service as an anti uboat trawler. After the German invasion of norway in April 1940, the British sent troops to help in the battle against Germany, but the attempts to repulse the German advance in Trøndelag didn't go were well. 28. April General De Wiart was ordered to evacuate his forces at Namsos, and Gaul that did service with securing the area for enemy submarines, was attacked by German Heinkel 111 bombers 1. May 1940. Gaul was so heavily damaged that she had to be abandoned, and sank close to shore at krokvika north west of Namsos city. In the 50`s the ship bells of HMT Gaul and HMT Aston Villa were salvaged, and in 2001 these bells that had been in private custody, were delivered and to the local cultural house in Namsos. Un the last half of the 60`s, the remains of the depth charges on the wreck went of during work on the wreck, and Gaul relocated and sunk in deeper waters. For many years it was believed that the wreck had sunk in very deep water and was lost forever, but a few years ago the wreck was located on a depth of fifty meters. The wreck of Gaul lies today upside down with her keel as the shallowest part between two cliffs. The wreck is marked by the damages, but parts of the superstructure is still intact...