Trawlers Lost During WWII

THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE
SERVICE RECORD
OF
JOHN WILSON

TRAWLERS LOST
DURING WWII

1939-1940

1941-1942

1943-1945

1941

Date	Name	Action	Location
16 January 1941	Desiree	Mined	Thames Estuary
20 January 1941	Relonzo	Mined	Crosby Channel, Liverpool
22 January 1941	Luda Lady	Mined	Humber area
27 January 1941	Darogah	Mined	Thames Estuary
2 February 1941	Almond	Mined	Off Falmouth
3 February 1941	Artic Trapper	Sunk by aircraft	Off Ramsgate
5 February 1941	Tourmaline	Sunk by aircraft	Off North Foreland, Kent
6 February 1941	Thomas Deas	Mined	Spurnhead, Humber Estuary
13 February 1941	Rubens	Sunk by aircraft	Western approaches
16 February 1941	Ormonde	Sunk by aircraft	East coast, Scotland
20 February 1941	Ouse	Mined	Tobruk, Libya
21 February 1941	Lincoln City	Sunk by aircraft	Faroe Islands
27 February 1941	Remillo	Mined	Humber
1 March 1941	St. Donats	Collision	Off Spurn, Yorkshire
6 March 1941	Keryado	Mined	English Channel
9 March 1941	Gullfoss	Mined	English Channel
16 March 1941	Lady Lilian	Sunk by aircraft	West of Ireland

H.M.T. Lady Lilian

20 March 1941	Bianca	Sunk by aircraft	Irish sea
20 March 1941	Dox	Sunk by enemy action	Plymouth
21 March 1941	Asama	Sunk by aircraft	Plymouth
31 March 1941	Lord Selborne	Mined	Humber
2 April 1941	Crammond Island	Sunk by aircraft	Off St. Abb's Head, East Scotland
3 April 1941	Fortuna	Sunk by aircraft	Off St. Abb's Head, East Scotland
7 April 1941	Roche Bonne	Sunk by aircraft	Off the Lizard, Cornwall
19 April 1941	Kopanes	Sunk by aircraft	7 miles east of Beadnell Point, Northumberland
20 April 1941	Topaze	Collision with HMS Rodney	Off Clyde
26 April 1941	Commander Horton	Sunk by torpedo from U552	Off Iceland
28 April 1941	Caroline	Mined	Off Milford Haven
1 May 1941	Jean Frederic	Sunk by aircraft	Off Start Point, English Channel
3 May 1941	Alberic	Collision	Off Scapa, Orkneys
4 May 1941	Ben Gairn	Sunk by parachute mine	Lowestoft
4 May 1941	Van Orley	Sunk by aircraft	Liverpool
7 May 1941	Susarion	Sunk by aircraft	Off Humber
8 May 1941	Silicia	Mined	Off Humber
27 May 1941	Evesham	Sunk by aircraft	Yarmouth, Norfolk
29 May 1941	Sindonis	Sunk by aircraft	Tobruk, Libya
5 June 1941	Ash	Mined	Thames Estuary
20 June 1941	Resmilo	Sunk by aircraft	Peterhead, East Scotland
21 June 1941	Beech	Sunk by aircraft	Scrabster, North Scotland
23 June 1941	Nogi	Sunk by aircraft	Off Norfolk
26 June 1941	Tranio	In tow and sunk by aircraft	North Sea
27 June 1941	Force	Sunk by aircraft	Off Yarmouth, Norfolk
4 July 1941	Akranes	Sunk by aircraft	Bridlington Bay, Yorkshire
6 August 1941	Agate	Grounded	Cromer, Norfolk
20 August 1941	Juliet	Sunk by aircraft	Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork
20 August 1941	Lorinda	Engine problems and fire	Off Freetown, West Africa
8 September 1941	Lady Love	Sunk by U-boat	Iceland
8 September 1941	King Erik	Sunk by U-boat	Iceland
9 September 1941	Brora	Grounded	Hebrides, West Scotland
9 September 1941	Strathborne	Mined	Off Humber
20 September 1941	Marconi	Collision	Off Harwich
30 September 1941	Eileen Duncan	Sunk by aircraft	North Shields
30 September 1941	Star of Deveron	Sunk by aircraft	North Shields
17 October 1941	Nubia	Collision	6 miles off Tynemouth

H.M.T. Nubia

22 October 1941	Alder	Grounded	East Scotland
24 October 1941	Emilion	Mined	Thames Estuary
6 November 1941	Flotta	Grounded	Off Buchan Ness, East Scotland
12 November 1941	Francolin	Sunk by aircraft	Off Cromer, Norfolk
22 November 1941	St. Apollo	Collision	Hebrides, West Scotland
8 December 1941	Milford Earl	Sunk by aircraft	East Scotland
8 December 1941	Phineas Beard	Sunk by aircraft	East Scotland
11 December 1941	Lady Shirley	Sunk by torpedo from U374	Gibraltar Straits

H.M.T. Lady Shirley

26 December 1941

Henriette

Mined

Off Humber

1942

Date	Name	Action	Location
16 January 1942	Irvana	Sunk by aircraft	Off Yarmouth, Norfolk
18 January 1942	Erin	Explosion	Gibraltar harbour
18 January 1942	Honjo	Explosion	Gibraltar harbour
22 January 1942	Rosemonde	Probably torpedoed by U-boat	Atlantic
29 January 1942	Braconbush	Mined	Off Duncansby Head
30 January 1942	Loch Alsh	Sunk by aircraft	Humber area
2 February 1942	Cape Spartel	Sunk by aircraft	Humber area
2 February 1942	Cloughton Wyke	Sunk by aircraft	Humber area
18 February 1942	Botanic	Sunk by aircraft	North sea
18 February 1942	Warland	Sunk by aircraft	North sea
8 March 1942	Northern Princess	Sunk by torpedo from U587	Off Newfoundland
8 March 1942	Notts County	Sunk by U-boat	South of Iceland
19 March 1942	Stella Capella	Sunk by torpedo from U701	Iceland area
1 April 1942	Solomon	Mined	North of Cromer
11 April 1942	St. Cathan	Sunk in collision with Dutch freighter Hebe	Little River, South Carolina
13 April 1942	Lord Snowdon	Sunk in collision	Off Falmouth
13 April 1942	Coral	Sunk by aircraft	Malta no. 3 dock
21 April 1942	Jade	Sunk by aircraft	Malta, Dockyard Creek
6 May 1942	Senateur Duhamel	Sunk in collision	Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
11 May 1942	Bedfordshire	Sunk by U558	Cape Lookout, North Carolina

H.M.T. Bedfordshire

12 May 1942	Ben Ardna	Sunk in collision	½ mile east of Souter Point, Tynemouth
8 June 1942	Aghios Georgis	Unknown	Mozambique Channel
15 June 1942	Kingston Ceylonite	Mined (laid by U701)	Cape Henry, Chesapeake Bay, USA
16 June 1942	Tranquil	Sunk in collision	Off Deal, Kent
2 July 1942	Whinnyfold	Sunk by aircraft	North East Iceland
5 July 1942	Sword Dance	Sunk in collision	Moray Firth, Scotland
9 July 1942	Manor	Sunk during E-boat attack	English Channel
25 July 1942	Laertes	Sunk by U-boat torpedo	Freetown area, West Africa
17 September 1942	Waterfly	Sunk by aircraft	Dungeness
19 September 1942	Alouette	Sunk by U-boat torpedo	Off Portugal
19 September 1942	Pentland Firth	Sunk in collision	Off New York, USA

H.M.T. Pentland Firth

2 October 1942	Lord Stonehaven	Sunk during E-boat attack	Off Eddystone, English Channel
16 October 1942	Inverclyde	Sank in tow	Off Beachy Head
25 November 1942	Leyland	Sunk in collision	Gibraltar Bay
29 November 1942	Ben Rossal	Sank at moorings	Unknown
29 November 1942	Ullswater	Sunk by E-boat	English Channel
1 December 1942	Jasper	Sunk by E-boat (S.81) torpedo	English Channel
5 December 1942	Bengali	Explosion	Lagos, Nigeria
5 December 1942	Canna	Explosion	Lagos, Nigeria
5 December 1942	Spaniard	Explosion	Lagos, Nigeria

1939-1940

1941-1942

1943-1945

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