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Allied Warships

HMS Loch Doon

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
Pennant 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched12 Apr, 1937 
CommissionedAug, 1939 
Lost25 Dec, 1939 
Loss position55.08N, 01.21W (See a map)
 
HistoryCompleted in May 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 534 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

HMT Loch Doon (Skipper G.H.A. Thomson, RNR) was mined east of Blyth on 25 December 1939. The field had been laid on 22 December 1939 by the German submarine U-22, there were 15 dead in the sinking. The coordinates of the wreck are believed to be 55º07'835"N, 01º21'105"W. Depth is approx. 47m.  

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 25 Dec, 1939 by U-22 (Jenisch).

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