| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 132 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 20 Jul 1936 |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in August 1936. Sold in 1945 or 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Pict (FY 132)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Skr. John Derrett, RNR | mid 1941 | ||
| 2 | T/Lt. George Wallace, RNR | Jul 1942 | late 1943 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. John Frank Squires, RNVR | late 1943 | 3 Apr 1944 | |
| 4 | T/S.Lt. Derric Armstrong Breen, RNVR | 3 Apr 1944 | ||
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Notable events involving Pict include:
1 Jun 1941
HMS Pict (Lt.Cdr. W.N.H. Faichney, RNR) picks up 18 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Rinda that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day off Freetown in position 06°52'N, 15°14'W by German U-boat U-38.
23 Jul 1942
The British merchant Garmula is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-752 about 200 nautical miles south-west of Freetown in position 05°32'N, 14°45'W. HMS Pict (Lt.Cdr. W.N.H. Faichney, RNR) later picks up 61 survivors.
11 May 1943
Le Centaure conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMS Bridgewater (Cdr.(Retd.) N.W.H. Weekes, OBE, RN), HMS Portsdown (Lt. E.L. Donkin, MBE, RNR), HMS Pict (T/Lt. G. Wallace, RNR) and HMS Copinsay (Skr. J.A. MacTean, RNR). (1)
20 Jun 1943
Argo conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMS Bridgewater (Cdr.(Retd.) N.W.H. Weekes, OBE, RN), HMS Petunia (A/Lt.Cdr. G.E. Newey, RNR), HMS Pict (T/Lt. G. Wallace, RNR) and HMS Wastwater (T/Lt. W.J.L. Storey, RNVR). (1)
11 Jul 1943
Le Centaure conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMS Boadicea (Lt.Cdr. F.C. Brodrick, RN), HMS Pict (T/Lt. G. Wallace, RNR) and HMS Turcoman (T/Lt. R.F. Pembry, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/635
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.