Allied Warships

HMS Northern Chief (4.34)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
Pennant4.34 
Built byDeschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in November 1936.
Taken over by the Admiralty in early 1942.
Displacement: 655 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Transferred to the United States Navy in February 1942.
Returned in October 1942.
Returned to her owner in July 1945.
Renamed Gylfi in 1947.
Renamed Island in 1950.
Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany on 15 July 1957.

 

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1Lt. Henry Kirkwood, RN3 Dec 1939

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