Allied Warships

HMS Visenda (FY 138)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 138 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched30 Jan 1937 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed on 5 April 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 455 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Returned to her owner in February 1946.
Scrapped at Bruges, Belgium on 27 February 1959.

 

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Noteable events involving Visenda include:


23 Mar 1941
The German submarine U-551 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Iceland, in position 62º37'N, 16º47'W, by depth charges from the British trawler HMT Visenda (Lt. R.S. Winder, OBE, RNR). (see map)

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