In October 1946, the ship was sold into commercial service. Operating under the French flag as Sainte Anne, she disappeared without trace in the Mediterranean Sea after a last communication while off the Balearic Islands on 15 March 1950.[4]
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^"Zealand (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net".
^"Scire' 2008 Archaeological Survey" (PDF). IANTD Expeditions. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^. www.marina.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
islay, other, uses, islay, disambiguation, t172, british, royal, navy, isles, class, armed, trawler, second, world, historyunited, kingdomnamebuildersmiths, dock, company, south, bank, middlesbroughlaid, down18, november, 1940launched10, april, 1941commissione. For other uses see Islay disambiguation HMT Islay T172 was a British Royal Navy Isles class armed trawler of the Second World War HistoryUnited KingdomNameHMT IslayBuilderSmiths Dock Company South Bank MiddlesbroughLaid down18 November 1940Launched10 April 1941Commissioned17 June 1941FateSold October 1946FranceNameSainte AnneFateDisappeared 15 March 1950General characteristicsClass and typeIsles class naval trawlerDisplacement545 long tons 554 t Length164 ft 50 m Beam27 ft 8 in 8 43 m Draught11 ft 1 in 3 38 m mean Propulsion1 triple expansion reciprocating engine 1 shaft 850 ihp 634 kW Speed12 knots 22 km h 14 mph Complement40Armament1 12 pounder gun 3 4 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 30 depth chargesOn 28 June 1942 Islay picked up 19 survivors from the British merchant steamer Zealand which had been hit by two torpedoes from the German submarine U 97 in the Mediterranean Sea to the southwest of Haifa and had sunk with the loss of 14 crew members and gunners 1 On 10 August 1942 Islay sank the Italian submarine Scire in Haifa Bay while under the command of Lieutenant Commander John Ross of North Shields who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions Scire was carrying 11 Decima Flottiglia MAS commandos who were intending to attack shipping in Haifa harbour by means of human torpedoes 2 Royal Air Force aircraft and coastal artillery also were involved in the sinking which had been facilitated by Ultra intelligence 3 Scire had previously launched human torpedo attacks on British naval units in Gibraltar and Alexandria Egypt In October 1946 the ship was sold into commercial service Operating under the French flag as Sainte Anne she disappeared without trace in the Mediterranean Sea after a last communication while off the Balearic Islands on 15 March 1950 4 References edit Zealand British Steam merchant Ships hit by German U boats during WWII uboat net Scire 2008 Archaeological Survey PDF IANTD Expeditions 28 September 2008 Retrieved 7 June 2022 Marina Militare www marina difesa it Archived from the original on 4 December 2010 Sainte Anne 6111898 Miramar Ship Index Retrieved 17 January 2020 nbsp This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This World War II article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMT Islay amp oldid 1206425448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
