HMS Kurd (FY 639)
Photo courtesy of Ted Godding
| Name | HMS Kurd (FY 639) | ||
| Type: | M/S trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 352 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Jul, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-218 (Rupprecht Stock) | ||
| Position | Grid BF 2515 - See estimated map location (49.54N05.17W) * | ||
| Complement | 27 (16 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
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| History | Completed in November 1930 as steam trawler Kurd for William A. Bennett (Shire Trawlers Ltd), London. On 5 Sep, 1939, requisitioned by the Royal Navy and converted to the M/S trawler HMS Kurd (FY 639). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 10 Jul, 1945, HMS Kurd (FY 639) (LtCdr Roy Barrett, RNR) was sweeping mines off Cornwall and struck a mine probably laid on 18 Aug, 1944 by U-218 and sank off Lizard Head. Two officers and 14 ratings were lost. Eleven survivors were picked up by HMS Almandine (FY 645) and taken to Truro, where six of them were hospitalized. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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