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HMS Sennen (Y 21)

Sloop of the Banff class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassBanff 
PennantY 21 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 May, 1928 
Launched11 Oct, 1928 
Commissioned12 May, 1941 
End service27 Mar, 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the United States on 27 March 1946. Her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold on 25 March 1948.

Commanding Officers:
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Lt.Cdr. David Charles Kinloch, RN
June 1941 – 11 November 1941

Lt.Cdr. Rider Stuart Abram, RN
11 November 1941 – 12 February 1943

Lt.Cdr. Frederick Harold Thornton, DSC, RNR
12 February 1943 – 8 May 1945
RD awarded in March 1944
OBE ???

A/Lt.Cdr. Bernard Morland Skinner, RN
8 May 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameUSCG Champlain

Noteable events involving Sennen include:

19 May, 1943
The German submarine U-954 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 54º54'N, 34º19'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Jed (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Sennen (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Thornton, DSC, RNR). (see map)


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