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22 August, 2008
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HMS Sennen (Y 21)

Sloop of the Banff class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Sloop
Class	Banff
Pennant	Y 21
Built by	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	23 May, 1928
Launched	11 Oct, 1928
Commissioned	12 May, 1941
End service	27 Mar, 1946
Loss position

History	Returned to the United States on 27 March 1946. Her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold on 25 March 1948. Commanding Officers: ??? Lt.Cdr. David Charles Kinloch, RN June 1941 – 11 November 1941 Lt.Cdr. Rider Stuart Abram, RN 11 November 1941 – 12 February 1943 Lt.Cdr. Frederick Harold Thornton, DSC, RNR 12 February 1943 – 8 May 1945 RD awarded in March 1944 OBE ??? A/Lt.Cdr. Bernard Morland Skinner, RN 8 May 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Former name	USCG Champlain

Noteable events involving Sennen include:

19 May, 1943
The German submarine U-954 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 54º54'N, 34º19'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Jed (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Sennen (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Thornton, DSC, RNR). (see map)