Allied Warships

Armed Yachts


The armed yacht HMCS Raccoon of the Royal Canadian Navy. She was lost on 7 Sep 1942.

All Armed Yacht classes

The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).

Commissioned

Royal Canadian Navy

 no class name (5)1940 - 1940

Royal Navy

 no class name (2)1939 - 1939

2 ship classes.


Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class. Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.

War losses: Armed Yachts


 DateVesselClass

1940

Royal Navy11 Jan 1940HMS Princess (FY 021) 
Royal Navy1 Jun 1940HMS Narcissus 
Royal Navy22 Jun 1940HMS Campeador V (FY 002) 
Royal Navy7 Sep 1940HMS Rhodora (FY 023) 

1941

Royal Navy17 Mar 1941HMS Medusa (FY 018) 
Royal Navy24 Mar 1941HMS Wilna (FY 323) 
Royal Canadian Navy26 Mar 1941HMCS Otter 
Royal Navy6 Apr 1941HMS Anna Marie (FY 004) 
Royal Navy24 Apr 1941HMS Calanthe 
Royal Navy8 May 1941HMS Viva II (FY 030) 
Royal Navy11 Dec 1941HMS Rosabelle 

1942

Royal Navy4 Jan 1942HMS Sona (FY 027) 
Royal Canadian Navy7 Sep 1942HMCS Raccoon 

1943

Royal Australian Navy7 May 1943HMAS Adele (FY 089) 
Royal Navy6 Jun 1943HMS Sargasso (FY 053) 

1944

Royal Navy29 Jan 1944HMS Oracle (FY 020) 
Royal Navy18 Feb 1944HMS Breda (4.84) 

17 Armed Yachts lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

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