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Re: HM Trawlers
Posted by: Rob Hoole ()
Date: May 06, 2008 07:23AM

Hello John,

For a start, look at [www.harry-tates.org.uk] which contains this paragraph:

"The end of 1941 saw the Americans losing many tankers and other shipping to the U-boats that were now active around the east coast of the United States. During March and April 1942 the U-boat problem had reached a crescendo. As the US navy had no real anti-submarine fleet the British Admiralty answered their desperate plea and agreed to loan them twenty-four AS trawlers. These British trawlers would come under American command and be used for patrol and escort work."

These trawlers were lost during their attachment: HMT Senateur Duhamel (collision with US Naval auxiliary off Wilmington 6 April 1942), HMT St. Cathan (collision with Dutch merchant vessel off S. Carolina 11 April 1942), HMT Bedfordshire (torpedoed 11 May 1942), HMT Kingston Ceylonite (mined off Chesapeake Bay 15 June 1942) and HMT Pentland Firth (collision with US minesweeper off New Jersey 19 September 1942).

Best wishes,

Rob Hoole
[www.mcdoa.org.uk]

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HM Trawlers john 05/05/2008 06:25PM
Re: HM Trawlers Rob Hoole 05/06/2008 07:23AM
Re: HM Trawlers john 05/07/2008 07:56PM
Re: HM Trawlers Rob Hoole 07/10/2008 04:27PM
Re: HM Trawlers john 07/20/2008 06:56PM
Re: HM Trawlers IanS 09/19/2008 10:36PM
Re: HM Trawlers Victoria Chalmers 12/03/2008 07:03PM
Re: HM Trawlers Dave 04/21/2009 09:09PM
Re: HM Trawlers Rob Hoole 05/13/2009 11:45PM
Re: HM Trawlers David Seymour 06/01/2009 09:55AM


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