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History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMT Svana
Builder Smith's Dock Company.
Launched30 July 1930
AcquiredApril 1940
FateSunk on 8 April 1942
General characteristics
Displacement268 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

  1. ^ Uboat.net
  2. ^ "seawaves.com". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  3. ^ Lenton, H.T.and Colledge, J.J. (1964). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday., London.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from HMS Svana)

History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMT Svana
Builder Smith's Dock Company.
Launched30 July 1930
AcquiredApril 1940
FateSunk on 8 April 1942
General characteristics
Displacement268 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

  1. ^ Uboat.net
  2. ^ "seawaves.com". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  3. ^ Lenton, H.T.and Colledge, J.J. (1964). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday., London.


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