by magoonigal » Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:40 pm
CAULONIA (R, 296t, 1912), ran aground and foundered, Rye Bay, Sussex, March 31, 1943
HMS Caulonia (4.163)
MS Trawler
Navy The Royal Navy
Type MS Trawler
Class [No specific class]
Pennant 4.163
Built by Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched 12 Oct 1912
Commissioned Apr 1942
Lost 31 Mar 1943
History
Completed in December 1912.
Taken over by the Admiralty in April 1942.
Displacement: 296 tons.
Ran aground and foundered off Rye Bay, Sussex, England on 31 March 1943.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.