Allied Warships

HMS Loch Monteith (FY 135)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 135 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched19 May 1936 
CommissionedSep 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in June 1936.
Taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 531 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Returned to her owner in November 1945.
Scrapped at Antwerp, Belgium in April 1964.

 

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Noteable events involving Loch Monteith include:


9 Feb 1940
HMT Loch Monteith (Lt.Cdr. F.R. Pope) picks up 62 survivors from the British merchant Chagres that was sunk after hitting a mine laid on 6 January 1940 by the German submarine U-30 5.5 nautical miles bearing 270 from the Bar Lightvessel, Liverpool in approximate position 53º32'N, 03º25'W.

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