Allied Warships

HMS Northern Gem (FY 194)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 194 
Built byDeschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in June 1936.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 655 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun, 2 .5" AA (1x2), 2 MG AA (2x1).

Returned to her owner in November 1945.
Scrapped at Antwerp, Belgium in 1966.

 

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Noteable events involving Northern Gem include:


31 Dec 1942
As part of the escort of convoy JW51B bound to Murmank, Nothern Gem was involved in the action when the convoy was attacked by the German heavy cruiser Hipper in the Barents Sea. She picked up the survivors of the sinking destroyer Achates, five officers (including First Lieutenant P. Jones) and seventy-six ratings. Later on one of the officers died from the wounds sustained.

29 Apr 1943
HMT Northern Gem (A/Skipper Lt. W.C. King, RNR) picks up 67 survivors from the American merchant McKeesport that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-258 in the North Atlantic in position 60º52'N, 34º20'W.

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