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Allied Warships

HMS St. Elstan (FY 240)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 240 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched23 Sep, 1937 
CommissionedSep, 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryCompleted on 16 November 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 564 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Returned to her owner in December 1945.
Scrapped at Ghent, Belgium on 6 January 1966. 


Noteable events involving St. Elstan include:

5 Mar, 1943
HMT St. Elstan (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) picks up 11 survivors from the American merchant Executive that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-255 in the Norwegian Sea in position 72º44'N, 11º27'E.

12 Mar, 1943
HMT St. Elstan (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) picks up the sole survivor from the American merchant Puerto Rican that was torpedoed and sunk on 9 March 1943 by the German submarine U-586 about 100 nautical miles north-east of Iceland in position 66º44'N, 10º41'W.


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