HMS Picotee (K 63)
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| Name | HMS Picotee (K 63) | ||
| Type: | Corvette (Flower) | ||
| Tonnage | 925 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 12 Aug, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-568 (Joachim Preuss) | ||
| Position | 62.00N, 16.01W - Grid AE 7665 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 66 officers and men (66 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ON-4 | ||
| Route | Greenock (7 Aug) - Iceland | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | HMS Picotee (K 63) was commissioned in September 1940 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.11 hours on 12 Aug, 1941, U-568 fired torpedoes at the convoy ON-4 south of Iceland, observed a hit on a corvette and heard another detonation. Preuss assumed that he had probably damaged a tanker in the convoy but this was not the case. HMS Picotee (K 63) (Lt R.A. Harrison, RNR) was hit by the torpedo underneath the bridge, broke in two and sank immediately, while her own depth charges detonated. The commander, four officers and 61 ratings were lost. The corvette of the 4th Escort Group was reported missing after she did not return to the convoy from a search for a reported U-boat. | ||
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