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Allied Warships

HMS Arsenal (FY 140)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 140 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched6 Jul, 1933 
CommissionedAug, 1939 
Lost16 Nov, 1940 
Loss position
 
HistoryCompleted in July 1933.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 389 tons.

HMT Arsenal (Skipper C.R. Radford, RNR) was sunk in Kilchattan Bay, Firth of Clyde on 16 November 1940 after colliding with the Polish destroyer ORP Burza


Noteable events involving Arsenal include:

16 Nov, 1940
Due to dense fog, the Polish destroyer Burza collided with British ASW trawler HMS Arsenal and suffered bow damage. HMS Arsenal was sunk.


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