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HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601)

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NameHMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601)
Type:M/S trawler
Tonnage348 tons
Completed1929 - Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby 
OwnerThe Admiralty 
HomeportHull 
Date of attack2 May, 1945Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-979 (Johannes Meermeier)
Position64.10N, 23.12W - Grid AE 77
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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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