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HMS Sotra

MS Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Whaler
Class 
Pennant 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched24 Jul, 1925 
CommissionedSep, 1939 
Lost29 Jan, 1942 
Loss position32.07N, 25.30E (See a map)
 
HistoryCompleted in August 1925.
Whaler of South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co., Leith, U.K.), taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 313 tons.

HMS Sotra (T/Lt. Frederick Roy Linfield, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-431 about 80 nautical miles east of Tobruk, Libya in position 32º07'N, 25º30'E. All hands (22) lost. 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 29 Jan, 1942 by U-431 (Dommes).

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