HMS Picotee
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HMS Picotee (K63) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. She was built at Harland and Wolff, launched on 21 March 1940 and completed on 5 September 1940. Under the command of Lieutenant R.A. Harrison, she was tasked to convoy escort operations in the North Atlantic. She was torpedoed and sunk on the morning of 12 August 1941 by U-568. There were no survivors.
1940
Wikidata
K63
mass 925 long ton, length 62.5 metre, speed 16 knot, draft 3.51 metre, beam 10.1 metre,
Harland and Wolff, Royal Navy, United Kingdom,
Location: 62, -18, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1940 HMS Picotee
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ship completed
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ship commissioning
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ship launching
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keel laying
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| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Picotee | shipwreck, corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |