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HMS Senateur Duhamel (FY 327)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 327 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched16 Aug, 1927 
CommissionedJan, 1941 
Lost6 May, 1942 
Loss position34.33N, 75.36W (See a map)
 
HistoryCompleted in September 1927.
Taken over by the Admiralty in January 1941.
Displacement: 913 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Lent to the United States Navy in February 1942.
Accidentally rammed and sunk by the US naval auxiliary USS Semmes off Cape Lookout, North Carolina in position 34º33'N, 75º36'W. 


Noteable events involving Senateur Duhamel include:

15 Apr, 1942
HMT Senateur Duhamel tows the American tanker Harry F. Sinclair, Jr. to Morehead City. The Harry F. Sinclair, Jr. was torpedoed and damaged on 11 April 1942 by the German submarine U-203 7 nautical miles south of Cape Lookout in position 34º25'N, 76º30'W.


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