HMS Culver (Y 87)
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| Name | HMS Culver (Y 87) | ||
| Type: | Sloop (Banff) | ||
| Tonnage | 1,546 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Quincy MA | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 31 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Heinrich Schuch) | ||
| Position | 48.43N, 20.14W - Grid BE 2784 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (126 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-98 | ||
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| History | Built as US Coast Guard cutter USS Mendota (CGC 49) of the Chelan-class. On 30 Apr, 1941 transferred to Royal Navy and renamed HMS Culver (Y 87) This ship was the first vessel to be equipped with an operational automatic HF/DF set. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.31 hours on 31 Jan, 1942, U-105 fired a salvo of four torpedoes at the convoy SL-98 and observed two hits and a large explosion. Schuch thought that he had hit an ammunition freighter, but in fact it was the HMS Culver (Y 87) (Cdr Gordon-Duff) that had blown up with the loss of the commander, seven officers and 118 ratings. | ||
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