MS Trawler of the Isles class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 172 |
| Built by | Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Nov, 1940 |
| Launched | 10 Apr, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 17 Jun, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold in October 1946. |
| Noteable events involving Islay include: 28 Jun, 1942
HMS Islay (Lt. C.H.L. Clarke, RNR) picks up 15 survivors from the British merchant Zealand that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-97 14 miles south-southwest of Haifa in position 32º27'N, 34º43'E. 10 Aug, 1942
The Italian submarine Scirè (offsite link) was sunk off Haifa by the British trawler HMS Islay (Lt. C.H.L. Clarke, RNR). |
