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Allied Warships

HMS Damsay (T 208)

MS Trawler of the Isles class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassIsles 
PennantT 208 
Built byGeorge Brown & Co. (Greenock, Scotland) : Aitchison Blair 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Aug, 1941 
Launched27 Jun, 1942 
Commissioned30 Sep, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold 28 August 1958. 

Noteable events involving Damsay include:

25 Aug, 1944
HMS Pennywort (Lt. W.P. Hart, RNR) and HMS Damsay together pick up 59 survivors from the British merchant Orminster that was torpedoed and sunk by the Germans submarine U-480 in the English Channel about 35 nautical miles northwest of Cap dŽAntifer in position 50º09'N, 00º44'W.


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