HMS Thane (D 48)
| Name | HMS Thane (D 48) | ||
| Type: | Escort carrier (Ameer) | ||
| Tonnage | 11.400 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp, Tacoma WA | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 15 Jan, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-1172 (Jürgen Kuhlmann) | ||
| Position | 55.08N, 05.25W - Grid AM 6541 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (10 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Northern Ireland - Clyde | ||
| Cargo | Aircraft | ||
| History | Launched as USS Sunset (CVE 48) for the US Navy, but commissioned as HMS Thane (D 48) in the Royal Navy. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.28 hours on 15 Jan, 1945, the unescorted HMS Thane (D 48) (A/Capt E.R.G. Baker, RN) was hit in the stern by a torpedo from U-1172 six cables 132° from Clyde Light Vessel. The escort carrier was ferrying aircraft when she was probably hit by a Gnat. She was towed to Greenock by HMS Loring (K 565) and declared a total loss. Returned to the US Navy on 15 Dec, 1945, then stricken and sold for scrap. Broken up at Faslane in 1946. | ||
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