ASW Trawler HMS Northern Sky

Class
ASW Trawler
Shipping company
Nationality
Great Britain flaggGreat Britain

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Navy ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
655
Net tonnage:
243

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 480
Built by:
General Electric Co.,Schenectady,New York

Dimensions

Length:
188 ft.
Beam:
28,1 ft.
Draft:
15,5 ft.
  • 09.1939: September 1939, requisitioned trawler of the Royal Navy
                      9 Armed boarding vessel, anti-submarine, returned September 1945

    1942: ASW tråler

    Utfyllende opplysninger v/ Thor Eickstedt:

    S. T. NORTHERN SKY LO162
    ASW Trawler (Anti Submarine Warfare)

    Byggeverft: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermunde, Tyskland.
    Bygg nr. 552.
    Ferdigstillt: 1936.
    Reder: MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhumle Ltd)
    Bruttotonnasje: 655 tonn.
    Nettotonnasje: 243 tonn.
    Dim: Lengde 188,1 ft., bredde 28,1 ft., dypgang 15,5 ft.
    Maskin: T.3-cyl. & LP turbin med DR gear & hydraulisk kobling fra Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG   
                 Seebeck.

    Skipets historie:
        09.1939: Rekvirert til krigstjeneste som patruljefartøy.
    05.06.1941: Skjøt ned en Heinkel 111.
             1942: Utrustet som anti ubåt tråler.
    28.09.1945: Returnert eier.
             1964: Solgt til Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne for opphugging.
    27.07 1964: Levert Dunston-on-Tyne.
         08.1964. Strøket av Grimsby registeret.

    Sources

    http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2009/01/st-northern-sky-lo162/

    https://military.wikia.org/wiki/List_of_requisitioned_trawlers_of_the_Royal_Navy_(WWII)#N