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Allied Warships

HMS Fandango (T 107)

ASW Trawler of the Dance class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
ClassDance 
PennantT 107 
Built byCochrane & Sons shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Oct, 1939 
Launched26 Mar, 1940 
Commissioned11 Jul, 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold in 1946. 

Noteable events involving Fandango include:

21 Sep, 1940
The British tanker Invershannon is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99 480 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º40'N, 22º04'W. 17 survivors were later picked up by the British sloop HMS Flamingo (Cdr. J.H. Huntley, RN) and 15 survivors were picked up by the British ASW trawler HMT Fandango (T/Lt. F.C. Hopkins, RNVR).

30 May, 1943
HMT Fandango (T/Lt. A.G. Fisher, RNR) picks up 63 survivors from the American merchant Flora MacDonald that was torpedoed and heavily damaged by the German submarine U-126 south of Freetown in position 07º15'N, 13º20'W.


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