HMS Ellesmere (FY 204)
British A/S trawler
| Name | HMS Ellesmere (FY 204) | ||
| Type: | A/S trawler (Lake) | ||
| Tonnage | 580 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1203 (Sigurd Seeger) | ||
| Position | 49° 04'N, 5° 31'W - Grid BF 2811 | ||
| Complement | 37 (37 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | AppFlt Q | ||
| Route | Plymouth (24 Feb) - Gibraltar | ||
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| History | Launched in June 1939 as Norwegian whaler Kos XXIV for Anders Jahre, Sandefjord. On 26 August 1939 purchased by the Admiralty and completed as A/S trawler HMS Ellesmere (FY 204) in October 1939. | ||
| Notes on event | At 23.40 hours on 24 February 1945 HMS Ellesmere (FY 204) (Lt T.H. Lloyd-Jones, RNVR) was hit by a Gnat torpedo from U-1203 about 60 miles northwest of Brest. The armed trawler was escorting Appian Flight Q, a convoy of 21 landing craft en route to Malta, off its port bow when the vessel disappeared in a violent explosion. HMS Bideford (U 43) (A/LtCdr A.H. Pierce, OBE, RNR), the only other escort of convoy and HMS LCI(L)-299 (Lt C.T. Doyle, RNVR) immediately investigated the sinking position but no survivors were found, only splintered rafts and an upturned whaler were seen. | ||
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| On board | We have details of 37 people who were on board. | ||
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