Allied Warships
HMS Lark (U 11)
Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class
Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-9968
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Modified Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 11 |
| Built by | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 27 Mar 1941 |
| Laid down | 5 May 1942 |
| Launched | 28 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 Apr 1944 |
| Lost | 17 Feb 1945 |
| History | At 10.15 hours on 17 February 1945 the German submarine U-968 fired one LUT torpedo at a destroyer of the Groznyj-class and observed a hit after 6 minutes 20 seconds. In fact HMS Lark (Cdr. Hedworth Lambton, RN, (retired)) was hit in the stern north-east of Murmansk in position 69º30'N, 34º33'E, towed into the Kola Inlet and beached near Rosta. The ship was declared a total loss by the Royal Navy and the wreck was handed over to the Soviets. Earlier that day, U-425 had been sunk by depth charges from HMS Lark and the British corvette HMS Alnwick Castle. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Lark |
Commands listed for HMS Lark (U 11)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Henry Leslie Pryse, RNR | Mar 1944 | 16 Oct 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. (retired) Hedworth Lambton, RN | 16 Oct 1944 | Feb/Mar 45 |
| 3 | Lt. Reginald Kersley, RN | Feb/Mar 45 | ??? |
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Notable events involving Lark include:
17 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-425 was sunk in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Russia, in position 69°39'N, 35°50'E, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Lark (Cdr.(Retd.) H. Lambton, RN) and the British corvette HMS Alnwick Castle (A/Lt.Cdr. H.A. Stonehouse, DSC, RNR).