Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Ocean boarding vessel |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | F 77 |
Built by | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 17 Apr 1915 |
Commissioned | 26 Sep 1940 |
Lost | 6 May 1941 |
Loss position | 50° 15'N, 21° 16'W |
History | Passenger/cargo (ref.) vessel completed in June 1915. Requisitioned by the Admiralty on 6 August 1940. Displacement: 6833 GRT. Dimensions: 129.9 x 16.5. Armament: 2 6" guns (2x1), 1 12pdr AA gun, 4 .303" MG AA (4x1) Speed: 14 knots. At 0240 hours on 6 May 1941 HMS Camito (Lt.Cdr. Avon Alexander Barnet, RNR) was hit aft of amidships by one torpedo from the German submarine U-97 west-southwest of Cape Clear. The U-boat had spotted the two ships at 1745 hours on 5 May and had problems to keep contact in heavy seas and bad visibility. The OBV was missed at 0202 hours with a spread of two torpedoes and three minutes later with a stern torpedo before being hit, but continued at slow speed. U-97 then chased the tanker, which caught fire after being hit by one torpedo at 0353 hours and afterwards returned to the first vessel. Heilmann thought that it is a Q-ship and left the badly damaged ship, which sank the next day in position 50°15'N, 21°16'W. Six officers and 22 ratings were lost. The survivors of both ships were picked up by HMS Orchis (Lt H. Vernon, RNR) and landed at Greenock. Hit by U-boat |
U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Camito |
Commands listed for HMS Camito (F 77)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Avon Alexander Barnet, RNR | 26 Sep 1940 | 6 May 1941 |
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