Allied Warships

HMS Norwich City (FY 229)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 229 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched3 Nov 1937 
CommissionedSep 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in January 1938.
Taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 541 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Lent to the United States Navy in February 1942.
Returned in October 1942.
Returned to her owner in April 1946.
Scrapped at Inverkeiting in 1964.

 

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Noteable events involving Norwich City include:


5 Apr 1942
HMT Norwich City (Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up a survivor from the American tanker Byron D. Benson that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 off Currituck Inlet, North Carolina in position 36º08'N, 75º32'W.

10 Apr 1942
HMT Norwich City (Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 22 survivors from the British tanker San Delfino that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-203 east of Cape Hatteras in position 35º35'N, 75º06'W.

HMT Norwich City also up a 35 survivors from the American tanker Tamaulipas that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-552 about 18 nautical miles north-east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina in position 34º25'N, 76º00'W.

25 Jun 1942
HMT Norwich City (Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 23 survivors from the American merchant Manuela that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-404 about 75 nautical miles east of Cape Lookout in position 34º30'N, 75º40'W.

4 Mar 1943
HMT Norwich City (Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Empire Mahseer that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-160 east-north-east of East London, South-Africa in position 32º01'S, 30º48'E.

11 Mar 1943
HMT Norwich City (Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 19 survivors from the American merchant James B. Stephens that was torpedoed and sunk on 8 March 1943 by the German submarine U-160 about 150 nautical miles north-east of Durban, South-Africa in position 28º53'S, 33º18'E.

20 Aug 1944
HMT Norwich City (Lt. R.A. Groom) picks up 94 survivors from the British merchant Berwickshire that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-861 about 400 nautical miles east-south-east of Durban, South-Africa in position 30º58'S, 38º50'E.

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