Allied Warships

HMS Lord Austin (FY 220)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 220 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched7 Sep 1937 
CommissionedSep 1939 
Lost24 Jun 1944 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in Novenber 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 473 tons.

Mined off Normandy on 24 June 1944.

 

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Noteable events involving Lord Austin include:


7 Sep 1942
HMT Lord Austin picks up 67 men from the Panamanian merchant El Capitan that was heavily damaged by German about 65 miles northeast of Iokanka, Russia by bombs German Ju 88 aircraft. The wreck of the El Capitan is sunk early the next day in position 69º23'N, 40º50'E by the German submarine U-255.

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