HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601)
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| Name | HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601) | ||
| Type: | M/S trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 348 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 2 May, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-979 (Johannes Meermeier) | ||
| Position | 64.10N, 23.12W - Grid AE 77 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and 1 survivor). | ||
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| History | In August 1939, the steam trawler Ebor Wyke from the West Dock Steam Fishing Co, Hull was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to the M/S trawler HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601). She was first based at Liverpool and later in Reykjavik. On 15 Jan, 1942, the USS Wichita (CA 45) was damaged in collisions with the American steam merchant West Noho and the HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601) during a hurricane-force storm off Hvalfjordur, Iceland. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 2 May, 1945, HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601) (Chief Skipper Hans Albert Jensen, DSC, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by U-979 off Hrafneyri Light, seven miles north of Skagi, Iceland. The only survivor was Coxswain John Milnes. | ||
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