Minelayer of the Abdiel class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Class | Abdiel |
| Pennant | M 70 |
| Built by | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 24 Mar, 1939 |
| Launched | 5 Sep, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 Jun, 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Scrapped at Newport in October 1972.
Commanding Officers:
Capt. Robert Kirk Dickson, RN
15 October 1940 – December 1942
DSO awarded on 22 May 1942
Capt. Herbert Wyndham Williams, RN
December 1942 - ???
HMS Manxman was in Dockyard Control during repairs
Capt. Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith, GM, RN
7 February 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List Hit by U-boat
Damaged on 1 Dec, 1942 by U-375 (Könenkamp). |
| Noteable events involving Manxman include: 1 Dec, 1942
At 17.05 hours on 1 December 1942 in position 36º39'N, 00º15'E the German submarine U-375 fired a spread of four torpedoes at HMS Manxman (Capt. R.K. Dickson, DSO, RN) identified as a London class cruiser and heard two hits after 51 seconds dispite the fact that the British ship was zig-zagging at 21 knots. Two coups de grâce fired at 17.41 and 18.42 hours missed. The severely damaged ship reached Oran under tow. (see map) |
