HMS Kingston Ceylonite (FY 214)
British A/S trawler
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| Name | HMS Kingston Ceylonite (FY 214) | ||
| Type: | A/S trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 448 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Jun 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-701 (Horst Degen) | ||
| Position | 36° 52'N, 75° 51'W - Grid CA 73 | ||
| Complement | 32 (18 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KN-109 | ||
| Route | Key West - New York | ||
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| History | Completed in March 1935 as steam trawler Kingston Ceylonite for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. In September 1939 requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to the A/S trawler HMS Kingston Ceylonite (FY 214). Lent to the US Navy in February 1942. | ||
| Notes on event | On 15 June 1942 convoy KN-109 came into a minefield laid on 11 June by U-701 off Virginia Beach. HMS Kingston Ceylonite (FY 214) (A/Skipper Lt W.McK. Smith, RNR) sank and the tankers Robert C. Tuttle and Esso Augusta, along with the destroyer USS Bainbridge (DD 246) were damaged. | ||
| On board | We have details of 20 people who were on board. | ||
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