Ships hit by U-boats


HMS Glen Albyn

British M/S trawler


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NameHMS Glen Albyn
Type:M/S trawler
Tonnage82 tons
Completed1909  
OwnerThe Admiralty 
Homeport 
Date of attack23 Dec 1939Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-31 (Johannes Habekost)
PositionGrid AM 3826
Complement? men (? dead and ? survivors).
Convoy
Route 
Cargo 
History In 1939 the drifter Glen Albyn was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to a M/S trawler. 
Notes on loss

On 23 Dec, 1939, the M/S trawlers HMS Glen Albyn and HMS Promotive sank after striking mines that were laid on 27 October by U-31 in Loch Ewe.

 


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