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Allied Warships

HMS Imperialist (FY 126)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 126 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched23 Dec, 1938 
CommissionedAug, 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryCompleted in January 1939.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 520 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun, 1 40 mm AA.

Returned to her owner in October 1945.
Scrapped at Troon around mid-1968. 


Noteable events involving Imperialist include:

31 Oct, 1943
The German submarine U-732 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic near Tangier, in position 35º54'N, 05º52'W, by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Imperialist and the British destroyer HMS Douglas. (see map)


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