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Allied Warships

HMS Man o' War (FY 104)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 104 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched12 Feb, 1937 
Commissioned, 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryCompleted in April 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August or September 1939.
Displacement: 517 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Sold on 2 July 1945.
Scrapped at Inverkeiting in 1964. 


Noteable events involving Man o' War include:

14 Aug, 1940
The British merchant Betty was torpedoed and sunk 35 miles 260° from Tory Island in position 55.52N, 08.14W by the Germans submarine U-59. HMT Man o´War (Lt. A.D. White, RNR) later picks up 4 survivors.

26 Mar, 1943
The British merchant City of Perth was torpedoed and damaged northwest of Oran, Algeria in position 35.50N, 01.41W by the Germans submarine U-431. HMT Man o´War (Lt. G.L. Coles, RNR) took the ship in tow and it was beached south of Cape Figalo, Algeria. HMT Man o'War also pickes up 90 survivors.


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