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Allied Warships

HMS Klo

ASW Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Whaler
Class 
Pennant 
Built byFramnæs mekaniske Værksted (Sandefjord, Norway) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedMar, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryCompleted in August 1937.
Norwegian whaler of A/S Ornen (Thor Dahl), Sandefjord, Norway taken over by the Admiralty in 1940.
Displacement: 307 tons.

Returned to owner in September 1946. 


Noteable events involving Klo include:

3 Jun, 1941
HMS Klo was attacked and damaged by German aircraft of Mersa Matruh. Her commanding officer Temporary Skipper James Sidney Elliot Ward, RNR was killed in this attack.


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