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Official Number 165665


Gross Tonnage 466


Length161 ft


Built atSelby 1937


OwnerWyre Trawlers Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1937
	Built as H473 for Pickering & Haldane Ltd, Hull.



 Sept. 1939 - Dec. 1945
Hired by Admiralty as an anti-submarine/escort trawler.


1940Formed part of an Atlantic/Med convoy escort group with STELLA CARINA, LADY HOGARTH and KINGSTON AMBER.
 


1942Served at Gibraltar on North African convoys.


November 10 1942Sank the Italian submarine EMO off Algiers, rescuing 49 survivors.



1943Based at Malta then transferred to Alexandria.



1944Part of Operation Husky, the Sicily landings during July/August. September/August at the Salerno landings. Based at Tripoli as convoy escort for Corsica - Salerno.



1945Returned to UK and paid off.



December 1945Returned to owners.



1956To Fleetwood registration.



1963Sold to Belgian breakers and arrived at Antwerp for  breaking.