HMS Lark (U 11)
HMS Lark (U 11) as completed
| Name | HMS Lark (U 11) | ||
| Type: | Sloop (Modified Black Swan) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.350 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Scott´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 17 Feb, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-968 (Otto Westphalen) | ||
| Position | 69.30N, 34.33E - Grid AC 8865 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | RA-64 | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.15 hours on 17 Feb, 1945, U-968 fired one LUT torpedo at warship reported as a destroyer of the Groznyj-class and observed a hit after 6 minutes 20 seconds. HMS Lark (U 11) (Cdr Hedworth Lambton, (retired), RN) was hit in the stern northeast of Murmansk, towed into the Kola Inlet and beached near Rosta. The ship was declared a total loss by the Royal Navy and the wreck handed over to the Soviets. Earlier that day, U-425 (Bentzien) had been sunk by depth charges from HMS Lark (U 11) and HMS Alnwick Castle (K 405). | ||
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