Allied Warships

HMS Man o' War (FY 104)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 104 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched12 Feb 1937 
CommissionedSep 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in April 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 517 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Sold in July 1945.
Scrapped at Inverkeiting in 1964.

 

Commands listed for HMS Man o' War (FY 104)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Arthur Denis White, RNR22 Sep 1939early 1940
2Skr. Edward Robert Harris, RNRearly 19408 Mar 1940
3T/Lt. Rupert Henry Marchington, RNVR8 Mar 194015 Aug 1940
4T/Lt. Philipp Everett-Price, RNR15 Aug 19404 Dec 1940
5T/Lt. William Watson Creber, RNR4 Dec 194015 Dec 1941
6T/Lt. Graham Leonard Coles, RNVR15 Dec 1941Early 1944

7T/Lt. Philip Weston Arnold, RNVR3 Mar 194413 Jul 1945

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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. HMS 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. HMS Man o´War (Lt. G.L. Coles, RNR) took the ship in tow and it was beached south of Cape Figalo, Algeria. HMS Man o'War also pickes up 90 survivors.

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