UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

                                                                                       
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Bratter, Thomas, E.

2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

The Gabelli Utility Trust / GUT

6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	  _____ 10% owner

_____ Officer 	  _____ Other
		(give title / specify below)


(Last)		(First) 	(Middle)



One Corporate Center

3.  I.R.S Identification
Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity
(Voluntary)
4.  Statement for
Month/Year

Nov-2002

(Street)



Rye		NY		10580-1422


5.  If Amendment,
Date of
Original
(Month/Year)


7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)

__X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)		(State)		(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.  Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2.  Trans-
action
Date

3.  Trans-
action
Code
(Instr
8)
4.  Securities Acquired (A)
or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned at
End of
Month
(Instr. 3
and 4)
6. Owner-
ship
Form:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature
of In-
direct
Bene-
ficial
Owner-
ship
(Instr.
4)

(Month/
Day/
Year)



Code


V


Amount

(A) or
(D)


Price



Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
11/25/02

S

1,472
D
$8.7092
0
D














































Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, See Instruction 4(b)(v).



FORM 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)



1.
Title of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)
2.
Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of
Deriv-
ative
Security
3.
Trans-
Action
Date

(Month
/Day/
Year)
3A.
Deemed
Execu-
Tion
Date,
if any
(Month
/Day/
Year)
4.
Trans-
action
Code





(Instr.
8)
5.
Number of
Derivative
Securities
Acquired
(A)
Or
Disposed
Of (D)

(Instr. 3,
4 and 5)
6.
Date Exer-
cisable and
Expiration
Date



(Month/Day/
Year)
7.
Title and
Amount of
Underlying
Securities


8.
Price
of Deriv-
ative
Security






(Instr.
5)
9.
Number
of Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ities
Bene-
ficially
Owned
at End
Of
Month

(Instr. 4)
10.
Owner-
ship Form
Of De-
Rivative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)


(Instr. 4)
11.
Nature
of In-
direct
Bene-
ficial
Owner-
Ship




(Instr.
4)






Code


V


(A)


(D)
Date
Exer-
cisable
Expira-
tion
Date
Title
Amount
or
Number
of
Shares































































































































































Explanation of Responses:




/s/

11/26/02
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of
facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
   See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this form, one of
which must be manually signed.
	If space provided is insufficient, see
Instruction 6 for procedure.

** Signature of Reporting Person

Thomas E. Bratter
By:  Bruce N. Alpert
     Attorney-in-Fact


Date


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