Allied Warships

HMS Loch Doon

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
Pennant 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched12 Apr 1937 
CommissionedAug 1939 
Lost25 Dec 1939 
Loss position55.08N, 01.21W (See a map)
 
History

Completed in May 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 534 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

HMT Loch Doon (Skipper George Henry Alexander Thompson, RNR) was mined east of Blyth on 25 December 1939. The field had been laid on 22 December 1939 by the German submarine U-22, there were 15 dead in the sinking. The coordinates of the wreck are believed to be 55º07'835"N, 01º21'105"W. Depth is approx. 47m.

 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 25 Dec 1939 by U-22 (Jenisch).

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