Allied Warships

HMS Foxtrot (T 109)

ASW Trawler of the Dance class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
ClassDance 
PennantT 109 
Built byCochrane & Sons shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith 
Ordered9 Sep 1939 
Laid down24 Oct 1939 
Launched23 Apr 1940 
Commissioned30 Aug 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold 31 July 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Foxtrot (T 109)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Arthur Leonard Defrates, RNR31 Jul 19404 Dec 1940
2T/Lt. Sydney Reginald Smith, RNR4 Dec 194021 Feb 1941
3T/Lt. Royden James Gluning, RNR21 Feb 1941Ca. Sep 41
4T/Lt. Juan Boyd Bald, RNVRCa. Sep 41Ca early44
5T/Lt. Owen Ralph Turville, RNVRCa early44Aug 1945
6T/Lt. Gordon Forster, RNVRAug 1945

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Noteable events involving Foxtrot include:


20 Apr 1943
HMS Stella Carina and HMS Foxtrot together pick up 61 survivors from the American merchant Michigan that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-565 about 60 nautical miles west of Oran, Algeria in position 35º59'N, 01º25'W.

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