Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 132 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 20 Jul 1936 |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed in August 1936. Sold in 1945 or 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Pict (FY 132)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Skr. John Derrett, RNR | mid 1941 | ||
2 | T/Lt. George Wallace, RNR | Jul 1942 | late 1943 | |
3 | T/Lt. John Frank Squires, RNVR | late 1943 | 3 Apr 1944 | |
4 | T/S.Lt. Derric Armstrong Breen, RNVR | 3 Apr 1944 |
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Notable events involving Pict include:
1 Jun 1941
HMS Pict (Lt.Cdr. W.N.H. Faichney, RNR) picks up 18 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Rinda that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day off Freetown in position 06°52'N, 15°14'W by German U-boat U-38.
23 Jul 1942
The British merchant Garmula is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-752 about 200 nautical miles south-west of Freetown in position 05°32'N, 14°45'W. HMS Pict (Lt.Cdr. W.N.H. Faichney, RNR) later picks up 61 survivors.