Factory Ship Wrecks WWII
View All Factory Ship on the Wreck MapHms An 2 Wreck
EX-LANZA. BUILT IN 1926 KALDNES, TONBERG. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. HIRED 11.1939 AS AN AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL. MINED. (SIBI).
Hms Bever (Probably) Wreck
VESSEL, [EX 'HEKTOR 10' [SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY]]. HIRED AS A MINESWEEPER IN OCTOBER 1941. MINED OFF PIRAEUS. (WW2SL).
Hms Cocker Wreck
EX-KOS XIX. HIRED IN 1940 AND RENAMED HMS COCKER. PASSAGE TOBRUK FOR ALEXANDRIA. SUNK BY U-331 OFF BARDIA, LIBYA. (SHIPS OF THE RN & BRITAIN'S SEA WAR...
Hms Firmament Was Called Kos Wreck
EX-KOS IX. BUILT IN I930. WHALER HIRED AS MINSWEEPER 11.1940. RENAMED FIRMAMENT 9/1941. DECLARED TOTAL LOSS AFTER GROUNDING OFF ALEXANDRIA. (WW2SL & C...
Hms Harstad Wreck
BUILT IN 1932 BY SMITH'S DOCK CO, MIDDLESBOROUGH AS 'KOS XVII'. CREWED BY THE ROYAL NORWERIAN NAVY. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES FOR 12 KNOTS. REQUISITION...
Hms Sevra Wreck
HIRED AS MINE SWEEPER MARCH 1940, SUNK BY MINE OFF FALMOUTH. STEEL VESSEL, BUILT 1929, MINED 5.5C SSE OF ST ANTHONY HEAD. (WW2SL, COLLEDGE & SHIPWRECK...
Hms Thorbryn Wreck
BUILT IN 1936. ORIGINALLY NORWEGIAN. HIRED IN NOVEMBER 1940. SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT OFF TOBRUK. (BRITAIN'S SEA WAR & COLLEDGE).
Hms Treern Wreck
VESSEL, NORWEGIAN WHALER BUILT IN 1929. ON LOAN TO S.A.N.F. IN 1941 AS MINESWEEPER. WAS SUNK BY MINE OFF E COAST OF GREECE. CREW OF 24 ONLY ONE SAVED....
Hms Whippet Wreck
EX-KOS XXI. HIRED AS A/S WHALER 1940. RENAMED WHIPPET 9.41. SUNK BY A BOMB FROM A GERMAN AIRCRAFT. (ALLIED WARSHIP CASUALTIES, MED, FEB 1952 & SHIPS O...
Kos Xxiii Wreck
VESSEL, PRESUMED SUNK DURING INVASION OF CRETE. TOTAL LOSS IN SUDA BAY. (WW2SL). VESSEL, SUNK BY AIRCRAFT AT SUDA BAY, WHILE ON GOVERNMENT S...
Whale Unit (578Y) Wreck
PRESUMABLY SUNK WHILE BEING TOWED TO NORMANDY BEACHES FOR USE AS PART OF MULBERRY HARBOUR DURING THE INVASION OF FRANCE.