| 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 | 30 Jul 1930 |
| Commissioned | |
| Lost | 25 Feb 1941 |
| History | Completed in 1930. HMS Sarna sank after hitting a mine laid by He 111 2/KG4 in the Suez Canal. |
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Notable events involving Sarna 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.