Allied Warships

HMS Lord Middleton (FY 219)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 219 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched24 Mar 1936 
CommissionedSep 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in May 1936.
Taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 464 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Returned to her owner in July 1945.
Scrapped at Barrow in 1964.

 

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Noteable events involving Lord Middleton include:


16 Apr 1942
HMT Lord Middleton (Lt. R.H. Jameson, RNR) picks up 9 survivors from the British merchant Empire Howard that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-403 north-west of North Cape in position 73º48'N, 21º50'E.

1 May 1942
The Soviet merchant Tsiolkovskij that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-589 in the Arctic Sea in position 71º46'N, 34º30'E. The damaged Soviet ship was later sunk by the German destroyers Z-24 and Z-25. HMT Lord Middleton (Lt. R.H. Jameson, RNR) later picked up 14 survivors.

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