Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | Isles |
Pennant | T 161 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
Ordered | 6 Apr 1940 |
Laid down | 19 Jul 1940 |
Launched | 18 Nov 1940 |
Commissioned | 7 Apr 1941 |
Lost | 5 Dec 1942 |
History | HMS Canna (T/Lt. Wilfred Noel Bishop-Laggett, RNR) was burnt out at Lagos, Nigeria on 5 December 1942. |
Commands listed for HMS Canna (T 161)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Gerald Charles Leonard Payne, RNVR | 29 Jan 1941 | 17 Jul 1942 |
2 | T/Lt. Wilfred Noel Bishop-Laggett, RNR | 17 Jul 1942 | 5 Dec 1942 |
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Notable events involving Canna include:
5 Nov 1942
HMS Canna (T/Lt. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR) picks up 22 survivors from the British merchant Peterton that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-109 on 17 September northwest of the Cape Verde Islands.