Allied Warships

HMS St. Elstan (FY 240)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 240 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched23 Sep 1937 
CommissionedOct 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed on 16 November 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 564 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Returned to her owner in December 1945.
Scrapped at Ghent, Belgium on 6 January 1966.

 

Commands listed for HMS St. Elstan (FY 240)

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. Charles Alfred Grimmer, RNR29 Oct 193913 Mar 1940
2Lt. John Parker Stewart, RNR13 Mar 194019 Nov 1940
3T/Lt. Graham Butcher, RNVR19 Nov 19408 May 1942
4Lt. Roland Maurice Roberts, RNR8 May 1942Sep 1943
5T/Lt. Frederick John Robb Storey, RNVRSep 19431 Aug 1944
6T/S.Lt. William Kitchen, RNVR1 Aug 1944

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Noteable events involving St. Elstan include:


5 Mar 1943
HMS St. Elstan (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) picks up 11 survivors from the American merchant Executive that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-255 in the Norwegian Sea in position 72º44'N, 11º27'E.

12 Mar 1943
HMS St. Elstan (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR) picks up the sole survivor from the American merchant Puerto Rican that was torpedoed and sunk on 9 March 1943 by the German submarine U-586 about 100 nautical miles north-east of Iceland in position 66º44'N, 10º41'W.

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