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Allied Warships

HMS Aragonite

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class 
Pennant 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched27 Jun, 1934 
CommissionedAug, 1939 
Lost22 Nov, 1939 
Loss position51.14N, 01.25E (See a map)
 
HistoryCompleted on 26 July 1934.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 315 tons.

HMS Aragonite (Lt.Cdr. F.G. Rogers, RNR) was mined in the English Channel off Deal in position 51º14'8"N, 01º24'59"E on a minefield laid by Commodore Bonte's German destroyers Hermann Künne, Wilhelm Heidkamp and Bernd von Arnim. 

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