Allied Warships

HMS Lulworth (Y 60)

Sloop of the Banff class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassBanff 
PennantY 60 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Nov 1927 
Launched19 May 1928 
Commissioned2 May 1941 
End service12 Feb 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the United States on 12 February 1946 and sold on 23 October 1947.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Clive Gwinner, RN
June 1941 – 24 February 1943
DSO awarded on 20 October 1942

Lt.Cdr. Reginald Cyril Stevens Woolley, RNR
24 February 1943 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to Cdr. on ???
RD awarded in December 1943

 
Former nameUSCG Chelan

Commands listed for HMS Lulworth (Y 60)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. (retired) Clive Gwinner, RNJun 194124 Feb 1943
2Lt.Cdr. Reginald Cyril Stevens Woolley, RNR24 Feb 1943Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Lulworth include:


27 Aug 1941
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 27 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Segundo that was torpedoed and sunk west of Ireland in position 53º36'N, 16º40'W by the German submarine U-557.

23 Sep 1941
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 42 survivors from the British merchant Niceto de Larrinaga that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-103 southwest of the Canary Islands in position 27º32'N, 24º26'W.

24 Sep 1941
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant St. Clair II that was torpedoed and sunk west-northwest of the Canary Islands in position 30º25'N, 23º35'W by the German submarine U-67.

11 Jun 1942
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 20 survivors from the British tanker Geo H. Jones that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-455 north-northeast of the Azores in position 45º40'N, 22º40'W.

14 Jul 1942
The Italian submarine Pietro Calvi (offsite link) was sunk south of the Azores by the British sloop HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN). Lulworth forced the Italian submarine to the surface by depth charging and then shelled the Pietro Calvi rending it incapable to dive. In the end the Italians abandoned ship and scuttled the submarine. (see map)

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