Allied Warships

HMS Filla (T 212)

MS Trawler of the Isles class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassIsles 
PennantT 212 
Built byJohn Crown & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K) : Holmes 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Sep, 1941 
Launched2 Apr, 1942 
Commissioned20 Aug, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold to the Italian Navy in January 1946. 

Noteable events involving Filla include:

2 Oct, 1943
HMT Filla (Lt. J.B. Hornby) picks up 59 men from the British merchant Stanmore that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-223 near Cape Ivi, Algeria in position 36º41'N, 01º10'E.


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