Allied Warships

HMS Thomas Altoft (FY 552)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 552 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched2 Jun 1919 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
History

Completed on 1 July 1920.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 290 tons.

Returned to her owner in April 1946.
wrecked off Glas Isle, Scalpay on 8 November 1947.

 

Commands listed for HMS Thomas Altoft (FY 552)

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1Skr. William White, RD, RNR31 Aug 19397 Dec 1939
2Skr. Thomas Henry Masters Lowery, RNR7 Dec 1939mid 1945

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