Ships hit by U-boats


HMS Loch Doon

British M/S trawler


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NameHMS Loch Doon
Type:M/S trawler
Tonnage534 tons
Completed1937 - Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough 
OwnerThe Admiralty 
HomeportHull 
Date of attack25 Dec 1939Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-22 (Karl-Heinrich Jenisch)
PositionGrid AN 5461
Complement? men (15 dead and ? survivors).
Convoy
Route 
Cargo 
History In August 1939 the steam trawler Loch Doon of Loch Fishing Co of Hull Ltd was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and converted to a M/S trawler. 
Notes on loss

On 25 Dec, 1939, the HMS Loch Doon (Skipper G.H.A. Thomson, RNR) struck a mine laid on 20 December by U-22 east of Blyth and sank.

 
CrewlistsWe have listing of 16 people who were on this vessel 

Location of attack on HMS Loch Doon.

ship sunk.


* 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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