Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 338 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 21 May 1924 |
Commissioned | Jul 1937 |
End service | 1940 |
History | Completed in September 1924. Transferred to the Ceylon Government in 1940. |
Commands listed for HMS Overdale Wyke (FY 338)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Neil MacSween Waldman, RNR | 25 Jan 1940 | late 1941 |
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Notable events involving Overdale Wyke include:
20 Feb 1944
HMS Overdale Wyke and HMS Fara pick up 36 survivors from the Greek merchant Epaminondas C. Embiricos that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-168 on 15 February north of the Addu Atoll in position 01°30'N, 73°00'E.