| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Framnæs mekaniske Værksted (Sandefjord, Norway) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Mar 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in August 1937. Returned to owner in September 1946. |
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Notable events involving Klo include:
3 Jun 1941
HMS Klo was attacked and damaged by German aircraft of Mersa Matruh. Her commanding officer Temporary Skipper James Sidney Elliot Ward, RNR was killed in this attack.
26 Mar 1942
HMS Klo (Lt. English, RNR) picks up 53 survivors from the British destroyer HMS Jaguar that was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-652 north-east of Sidi Barrani, Egypt in position 31º53'N, 26º18'E.
4 Apr 1942
HMS Otus (Lt. R.M. Favell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Alexandria together with HMS Klo (Lt. M.C. English, RNR) and HMS Falk (Lt. H.S. Upperton, RNR). (1)
14 Apr 1942
HMS Otus (Lt. R.M. Favell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Alexandria together with HMS Hero (Cdr. H.W. Biggs, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Peony (Lt.Cdr.(ret.) M.B. Sherwood, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Gloxinia (Lt. A.F. Harkness, DSC, RNR), HMS Hurworth (Lt.Cdr. J.T.B. Birch, RN), HMS Dulverton (Lt.Cdr. W.N. Petch, OBE, RN), HMS Falk (Lt. H.S. Upperton, RNR) and HMS Klo (Lt. M.C. English, RNR).
HMS Dulverton (Lt.Cdr. W.N. Petch, OBE, RN) (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/17330
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.