Allied Warships

HMS Klo

ASW Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Whaler
Class[No specific class] 
Pennant 
Built byFramnæs mekaniske Værksted (Sandefjord, Norway) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedMar 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed 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.

 

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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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