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Allied Warships

HMS Daneman (FY 123)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 123 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched12 Apr, 1937 
CommissionedAug, 1939 
Lost8 May, 1943 
Loss position58.03N, 44.00W (See a map)
 
HistoryCompleted in July 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 516 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

HMT Daneman (T/Lt. S.L. Friend, RNVR) is believed to have struck a submerged iceberg in the North Atlantic. Sunk in position 58º03N, 44º00W after being taken in tow on 8 May 1943. 


Noteable events involving Daneman include:

8 May, 1941
HMT Daneman (Lt. A.H. Ballard, RNR) picks up the survivors from the Norwegian merchant Eastern Star that was torpedoed and sunk about 200 nautcial miles south-west of Reykjavik, Iceland by the German submarine U-94.

9 May, 1941
HMT Daneman (Lt. A.H. Ballard, RNR) picks up 66 survivors from the British merchant Gregalia that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-201 east-north-east of Cape Farewell in position 60º24'N, 32º37'W.


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