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HMS Fluellen (T 157)

MS Trawler of the Shakespearian class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassShakespearian 
PennantT 157 
Built byochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Jul, 1940 
Launched1 Nov, 1940 
Commissioned21 Mar, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold in February 1947. 

Noteable events involving Fluellen include:

9 Nov, 1942
The British corvette HMS Gardenia was sunk off Oran, Algeria in a collision with the minesweeping trawler HMS Fluellen.

12 Nov, 1942
HMS Fluellen (Lt. H.N. Rogers, RNR) picks up 61 survivors from the British merchant Browning that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-593 off Oran, Algeria in position 35º53'N, 00º33'W.


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