Allied Warships

HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 1601 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched7 Sep, 1929 
CommissionedAug, 1939 
Lost2 May, 1945 
Loss position64.10N, 23.12W (See a map)
 
HistoryCompleted in September 1929.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 348 tons.
Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun.

HMS Ebor Wyke (Chief Skipper Hans Albert Jensen, DSC, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by U-979 off Hrafneyri light, Iceland in position 64º10'N, 23º12'W.  

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 2 May, 1945 by U-979 (Meermeier).


Noteable events involving Ebor Wyke include:

11 Dec, 1940
HMT Ebor Wyke (T/A/Skipper T.E. Olgeirsson, RNR) picks up 49 survivors from the British passenger ship Rotorua that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-96 about 100 miles west of St. Kilda in position 58º56'N, 11º20'W.


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