HMT Amethyst
 HMT Amethyst in her earlier guise as the Phyllis Rosalie
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMT Amethyst |
| Builder | Smith's Dock Co., South Bank-on-Tees |
| Yard number | 963 |
| Launched | 15 January 1934 |
| Completed | February 1934 |
| Acquired | 1935 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Sunk by mine on 24 November 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 447 tons |
| Length | 157 feet 3 inches |
| Beam | 26 feet 4 inches |
| Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
| Armament | 1 × 4 in gun |
| Notes | Pennant number T12 |
HMT Amethyst was a
Admiralty prior to the Second World War
. She was sunk in the second year of the war.
Amethyst was built as the
ASDIC
and a four-inch gun. They classed her and a number of other trawlers as the Gem group, and the name Amethyst was selected.
She continued to serve during the Second World War, but on 24 November 1940, whilst under the command of T/Lt. the
Southend, where they were briefly arrested under suspicion of being survivors from a sunken German craft.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d History of Phyllis Rosalie
- ^ "Record of trawlers lost". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
External links
51°30′28″N 1°01′15″E / 51.50778°N 1.02083°E
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