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Allied Warships

HMS Birdlip (T 218)

ASW Trawler of the Hill class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
ClassHill 
PennantT 218 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes 
Ordered28 Nov, 1940 
Laid down12 Mar, 1941 
Launched9 Jul, 1941 
Commissioned23 Dec, 1941 
Lost14 Jun, 1944 
Loss position05.00N, 09.00W (See a map)
 
HistoryHMT Birdlip (T/Lt. Iorwerth Brian Evan Humphrey, RNVR) was torpedoed and sunk off Greenville, Liberia in approximate position 05º00'N, 09º00'W by the German submarine U-547. 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 14 Jun, 1944 by U-547 (Niemeyer).


Noteable events involving Birdlip include:

1 May, 1943
HMT Birdlip (Lt. E.N. Groom, RNR) picks up 77 survivors from the British merchant Bandar Shahpour, 39 survivors from the British merchant Corabella and 111 survivors from the British merchant Nagina that were torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-515 about 130 miles southwest of Freetown in position 07º15'N, 13º49'W.

HMS Arran (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR) and HMS Birdlip together pick up 97 survivors from the British merchant City of Singapore that was torpedoed and sunk in a second attack on the convoy by U-515.


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