Allied Warships

HMS Wolborough (FY 223)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 223 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched25 Feb 1937 
CommissionedDec 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in April 1937.
Taken over by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 459 tons.

At 13.55 hours on 8 June 1942, the trawler was damaged by a dud off Port Said, while escorting the Norwegian motor tanker Athene from Haifa to Alexandria. But neither a German or Italian submarine reported an attack in this area, so it was probably from a torpedo aircraft or not a dud at all.

Sold in August 1945.
Renamed Lord Ancaster in 1946.
Renamed Marath in 1948.
Renamed Stella Pegasi in 1955.
Renamed Spurnella in 1955.
Scrapped at Barrow in December 1962.

 

Commands listed for HMS Wolborough (FY 223)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. (retired) Jack Sanler Hoffman, RN9 Dec 193918 Jun 1940
2Lt.Cdr. (retired) Frank Alan Winson Ramsay, RNR18 Jun 194018 Mar 1941
3Lt. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, RNR18 Mar 194118 Feb 1942
4T/Lt. Herbert Samuel May, RNR18 Feb 1942Oct 1943
5T/Lt. George Arthur Hartnell, RNROct 1943Early 1945
6T/Lt. Wilfred Kirkby, RNVREarly 1945

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