HMS Globe VI (J 136)

HMS Maaløy (J 136) under her former name Globe VI. Photo courtesy of Peter Greaves.

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	MS Whaler
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	J 136
Built by	A.S. Moss Værft og Dokk (Moss, Norway)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	8 Aug 1935
Commissioned	Apr 1941
Lost	27 Mar 1944
Loss position	5° 25'N, 77° 32'E

History	Completed on 5 September 1935. Norwegian whaler of Hvalfangerselskapet Globus A/S, Larvik, Norway taken over by the Admiralty in April 1941. Displacement: 249 tons. To the Royal Norwegian Navy on 30 July 1941 later being renamed Maaløy. Reverted back to Royal Navy on 12 June 1942. HMS Maaløy (T/Lt. Frederick James Perkins, RNVR) was torpedoed and sunk off Ceylon in position 05º25'N 77º32'E by the German submarine U-510, 17 dead. Hit by U-boat Sunk on 27 Mar 1944 by U-510 (Eick).
U-boat Attack	See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Globe VI

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Frederick James Perkins, RNVR	???	27 Mar 1944 (+)

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