Allied Warships

ASW Trawlers

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216 ships


The asw trawler HMS Lady Shirley of the Royal Navy. She was lost on 11 Dec 1941.

Technical information

TypeASW Trawler
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Complement 
Armament 
Notes on classThese ships were taken over by the Admiralty.
Displacement and armament are listed, if known to us, on each individual page. 


All ships of the class


Royal Navy Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Beryl (T 34)
HMS Carency (FY 295)
HMS Cornelian (T 15)
HMS Moonstone (T 90)
HMS Pearl (T 22)
HMS Agate (T 87) Lost on 6 Aug 1941
HMS Alouette (FY 101) Lost on 19 Sep 1942
HMS Amber (T 88)
HMS Ambrose Pare (FY 346)
HMS Amethyst (T 12) Lost on 24 Nov 1940
HMS Angle (FY 201)
HMS Aquamarine (4.00)
HMS Arab (FY 202)
HMS Arctic Explorer (FY 162)
HMS Arctic Pioneer (FY 164) Lost on 27 May 1942
HMS Arctic Ranger (FY 186)
HMS Argyllshire Lost on 1 Jun 1940
HMS Arsenal (FY 140) Lost on 16 Nov 1940
HMS Asie (FY 370)
HMS Aston Villa (FY 261) Lost on 3 May 1940
HMS Avanturine (FY 249)
HMS Ayrshire (FY 225)
HMS Bandolero (FY 188) Lost on 30 Dec 1940
HMS Bedfordshire (FY 141) Lost on 12 May 1942
HMS Bengali (FY 165) Lost on 5 Dec 1942
HMS Berkshire (FY 183)
HMS Blackburn Rovers (FY 116) Lost on 2 Jun 1940
HMS Blackfly (FY 117)
HMS Bradman (FY 189) Lost on 25 Apr 1940
HMS Bretwalda (FY 266)
HMS Brimness (FY 254)
HMS British Guiana (FY 271)
HMS British Honduras (FY 272)
HMS Brontes (FY 118)
HMS Cambridgeshire (FY 142)
HMS Canadian Prince (FY 166)
HMS Cape Argona (FY 190)
HMS Cape Chelyuskin (FY 119) Lost on 29 Apr 1940
HMS Cape Comorin (FY 143)
HMS Cape Finisterre Lost on 2 Aug 1940
HMS Cape Mariato (4.172)
HMS Cape Palliser (FY 256)
HMS Cape Passaro (FY 270) Lost on 21 May 1940
HMS Cape Portland (FY 246)
HMS Cape Siretoko (FY 263) Lost on 29 Apr 1940
HMS Cape Warwick (FY 167)
HMS Cayton Wyke (FY 191) Lost on 8 Jul 1940
HMS Coral (T 07) Lost on 13 Apr 1942
HMS Coventry City (FY 267)
HMS Daneman (FY 123) Lost on 8 May 1943
HMS Davy (FY 147)
HMS Derby County (FY 171)
HMS Drangey (FY 195)
HMS Else Rykens (FY 255)
HMS Erin Lost on 18 Jan 1942
HMS Fifeshire Lost on 20 Feb 1940
HMS Gaul Lost on 3 May 1940
HMS Greenfly (FY 156)
HMS Grimsby Town (FY 125)
HMS Guava (T 118)
HMS Haarlem (FY 306)
HMS Hammond (FY 149) Lost on 25 Apr 1940
HMS Hampshire (FY 173)
HMS Hertfordshire (FY 176)
HMS Huddersfield Town (FY 197)
HMS Hugh Walpole (FY 102)
HMS Imperialist (FY 126)
HMS Indian Star (FY 208)
HMS Istria (FY 150)
HMS Jade (T 56) Lost on 21 Apr 1942
HMS Jardine (FY 169) Lost on 30 Apr 1940
HMS Jasper (i) (T 14) Lost on 1 Dec 1942
HMS Kelt (FY 112)
HMS King Sol (FY 235)
HMS Kingston Agate (FY 212)
HMS Kingston Alalite (FY 136) Lost on 10 Nov 1940
HMS Kingston Amber (FY 211)
HMS Kingston Andalusite (FY 160)
HMS Kingston Beryl (4.03) Lost on 25 Dec 1943
HMS Kingston Cairngorm Lost on 18 Oct 1940
HMS Kingston Ceylonite (FY 214) Lost on 15 Jun 1942
HMS Kingston Chrysoberyl (FY 236)
HMS Kingston Chrysolite (FY 184)
HMS Kingston Coral (FY 215)
HMS Kingston Cornelian (FY 121) Lost on 5 Jan 1940
HMS Kingston Crystal (FY 216)
HMS Kingston Cyanite (FY 217)
HMS Kingston Galena (FY 145) Lost on 24 Jul 1940
HMS Kingston Jacinth (4.45) Lost on 12 Jan 1943
HMS Kingston Olivine (FY 193)
HMS Kingston Onyx (4.54)
HMS Kingston Peridot (4.69)
HMS Kingston Sapphire (4.81) Lost on 5 Oct 1940
HMS Kingston Topaz (4.31)
HMS Kingston Turquoise (4.91)
HMS Kirkella (FY 174)
HMS L' Atlantique (FY 362)
HMS La Nantaise (FY 360) Lost on 8 Jul 1945
HMS Lady Beryl (FY 100)
HMS Lady Elsa (FY 124)
HMS Lady Hogarth (4.89)
HMS Lady Lilian Lost on 16 Mar 1941
HMS Lady Madeleine (FY 283)
HMS Lady Philomena (FY 148)
HMS Lady Rosemary (FY 253)
HMS Lady Shirley Lost on 11 Dec 1941
HMS Larwood (FY 172) Lost on 25 Apr 1940
HMS Le Tiger (FY 243)
HMS Leeds United (FY 196)
HMS Leicester City (FY 223)
HMS Leyland (FY 103) Lost on 25 Nov 1942
HMS Lincoln City Lost on 21 Feb 1941
HMS Lincolnshire (FY 222)
HMS Loch Doon (FY 127) Lost on 25 Dec 1939
HMS Loch Melfort (FY 151)
HMS Loch Monteith (FY 135)
HMS Loch Oskaig (FY 175)
HMS Loch Tulla (FY 199)
HMS Lord Austin (FY 220) Lost on 24 Jun 1944
HMS Lord Essenden (FY 218)
HMS Lord Hailsham (FY 109) Lost on 27 Feb 1943
HMS Lord Hotham (FY 113)
HMS Lord Lloyd (FY 157)
HMS Lord Middleton (FY 219)
HMS Lord Nuffield (FY 221)
HMS Lord Plender (FY 181)
HMS Lord Snowden (FY 115) Lost on 13 Apr 1942
HMS Lord Stamp Lost on 14 Oct 1940
HMS Lord Stanhope (FY 163)
HMS Lord Stonehaven (FY 187) Lost on 2 Oct 1942
HMS Lord Wakefield (FY 170) Lost on 29 Jul 1944
HMS Lydiard (FY 177)
HMS Man o' War (FY 104)
HMS Manor (FY 333) Lost on 9 Jul 1942
HMS Melbourne Lost on 22 May 1940
HMS Mildenhall (FY 128)
HMS Neil Mackay (FY 259)
HMS Northern Chief (4.34)
HMS Northern Dawn (FY 146)
HMS Northern Duke (4.11)
HMS Northern Foam (4.76)
HMS Northern Gem (FY 194)
HMS Northern Gift (4.50)
HMS Northern Isles (4.25) Lost on 19 Jan 1945
HMS Northern Pride (FY 105)
HMS Northern Princess (4.06) Lost on 8 Mar 1942
HMS Northern Reward (4.85)
HMS Northern Rover (4.58) Lost on 30 Oct 1939
HMS Northern Sky (4.41)
HMS Northern Spray (FY 129)
HMS Northern Sun (4.18)
HMS Northern Wave (FY 153)
HMS Norwich City (FY 229)
HMS Notre Dame de France (FY 363)
HMS Notts County (FY 250) Lost on 9 Mar 1942
HMS Olvina (FY 154)
HMS Oriental Star (FY 178)
HMS Paul Rykens (FY 257)
HMS Paynter (FY 242)
HMS Pentland Firth (FY 108) Lost on 19 Sep 1942
HMS Peridot (FY 198) Lost on 15 Mar 1940
HMS Peter Hendricks (FY 260)
HMS Pict (FY 132)
HMS Preston North End (FY 230)
HMS Recoil Lost on 28 Sep 1940
HMS Regal (FY 180)
HMS Reighton Wyke (FY 134)
HMS Retriever (FY 261)
HMS Rubens Lost on 13 Feb 1941
HMS Ruby (T 24)
HMS Rutlandshire Lost on 20 Apr 1940
HMS Saon (FY 159)
HMS Sapphire (T 27)
HMS Scalby Wyke (FY 258)
HMS Scottish (FY 245)
HMS Sedgefly (FY 122) Lost on 16 Dec 1939
HMS Senateur Duhamel (FY 327) Lost on 6 May 1942
HMS Sindonis (FY 120) Lost on 29 May 1941
HMS Spaniard (FY 144) Lost on 5 Dec 1942
HMS Spurs (FY 168)
HMS St. Achilleus (FY 152) Lost on 31 May 1940
HMS St. Amandus (FY 176)
HMS St. Andronicus (FY 111)
HMS St. Apollo Lost on 22 Nov 1941
HMS St. Attalus (FY 183)
HMS St. Cathan (FY 234) Lost on 11 Apr 1942
HMS St. Elstan (FY 240)
HMS St. Goran Lost on 1 May 1940
HMS St. Kenan (FY 264)
HMS St. Loman (FY 276)
HMS St. Zeno (FY 280)
HMS Stafnes (FY 192)
HMS Stella Canopus (FY 248)
HMS Stella Capella (FY 107) Lost on 11 Mar 1942
HMS Stella Carina (FY 352)
HMS Stella Dorado (FY 131) Lost on 1 Jun 1940
HMS Stella Pegasi (FY 155)
HMS Stella Polaris (4.258)
HMS Stella Sirius Lost on 25 Sep 1940
HMS Stoke City (FY 232)
HMS Tekoura (FY 247)
HMS Thornwick Bay (FY 179)
HMS Thuringia (FY 106) Lost on 28 May 1940
HMS Topaze (T 40) Lost on 20 Apr 1941
HMS Tourmaline (T 42) Lost on 5 Feb 1941
HMS Turcoman (FY 130)
HMS Turquoise (T 45)
HMS Van Dyck (FY 106)
HMS Van Oost (FY 330)
HMS Vascama (FY 185)
HMS Victorian (FY 114)
HMS Victrix (FY 224)
HMS Visenda (FY 138)
HMS Viviana (FY 238)
HMS Vizalma (FY 286)
HMS Warwick Deeping (FY 182) Lost on 12 Oct 1940
HMS Warwickshire (FY 113) Lost on 30 Apr 1940
HMS Wellard (FY 137)
HMS Westella (FY 161) Lost on 2 Jun 1940
HMS Wolborough (FY 223)
HMS Wolves (FY 158)
HMS York City (FY 110)


216 ASW Trawlers (222 names) of the class. 75 of them were lost.

See all ASW Trawler classes.


class ships hit by U-boats (10)

19 Sep 1942HMS AlouetteSunkU-552
12 May 1942HMS BedfordshireSunkU-558
15 Jun 1942HMS Kingston CeyloniteSunkU-701
11 Dec 1941HMS Lady ShirleySunkU-374
25 Dec 1939HMS Loch DoonSunkU-22
8 Mar 1942HMS Northern PrincessSunkU-587
30 Oct 1939HMS Northern RoverSunkU-59
30 Oct 1942HMS Northern SprayDamagedunknown
9 Mar 1942HMS Notts CountySunkU-701
11 Mar 1942HMS Stella CapellaSunkU-701


Atlantic Odyssey

Thwaites, Michael

Books dealing with this subject include:

Atlantic Odyssey, Thwaites, Michael, 1999



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