HMT Svana
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Name | HMT Svana |
Builder | Smith's Dock Company. |
Launched | 30 July 1930 |
Acquired | April 1940 |
Fate | Sunk on 8 April 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 268 tons |
HMT Svana (FY 1707) was a minesweeper whaler of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.[1]
She was originally built for the South Georgia Co. Ltd. by Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) and operated by Christian Salvesen & Co., Leith, UK. She was launched on 30 July 1930 with a displacement of 268 tons. She was taken over by the Admiralty in April 1940 and assigned to the Royal Naval Patrol Service. Under the command of Lt. John McDonald Ruttan,[2] DSC, RCNVR she was bombed and sunk off Alexandria, Egypt on 8 April 1942.[3]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Uboat.net
- ^ seawaves.com
- ^ Lenton, H.T.and Colledge, J.J. (1964). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday., London.