Allied Warships

HMS Sorsra (FY 342)

ASW Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Whaler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 342 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched6 Sep 1937 
CommissionedMar 1942 
End service 
History

Completed in October 1937.
Whaler of South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co., Middlesborough, U.K.), requisitioned by the Admiralty in December 1941.
Displacement: 433 tons.

Returned to owner in September 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Sorsra (FY 342)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Michael Early Ferrand Corley, RNVR27 Feb 1942Mar 1945
2T/Lt. Frederick Molyneux Procter, RCNVRMar 1945mid/late45

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