| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 24 Jul 1925 |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| Lost | 29 Jan 1942 |
| Loss position | 32° 07'N, 25° 30'E |
| History | Completed in August 1925. HMS Sotra (T/Lt. Frederick Roy Linfield, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-431 about 80 nautical miles east of Tobruk, Libya in position 32º07'N, 25º30'E. All hands (22) lost. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Sotra |
Commands listed for HMS Sotra
Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Mortimer Davies, RCNVR | 5 Oct 1940 | 28 Jul 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Frederick Roy Linfield, RNR | 28 Jul 1941 | 29 Jan 1942 (+) |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
Notable events involving Sotra include:
5 Jan 1941
At Lindi, the light cruiser HMS Ceres (Capt. E.G. Abbott, AM, RN) fuelled and stored four M/S whalers of the 142nd Minesweeping Group. These were the Sarna, Soika, Sotra and Svana.
All ships then departed Lindi later the same day. (1)
Sources
- ADM 53/113882
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.