At 21.46 hours on 29 Jan 1942, U-431 attacked convoy TA-21 off Bardia and hit HMS Sotra (T/Lt Frederick Roy Linfield, RNR) with one torpedo. The vessel exploded and sank with the loss of the crew, six of them Norwegian. We have details of 22 people who were on board.

HMS Sotra (T/Lt. Frederick Roy Linfield, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-431 about 80 nautical miles east of Tobruk, Libya in position 32º07'N, 25º30'E. All hands (22) lost. Hit by U-boat Sunk on 29 Jan 1942 by U-431 (Dommes). U-boat Attack: See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Sotra

HOLM, WILLIAM (24), Stoker (no. LT/KX 130925), HMS Sotra, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †29/01/1942, Son of Peder Albert and Wilhelmine Holm, of Porsgrunn, Norway, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial

2022年11月8日 · U-431 sank the trawler HMS Sotra on 29 January 1942, she then sank the 4,216-ton Eocene of convoy AT 46 on 20 May, and damaged LCT-119 on 20 June 1942. U-453 damaged the hospital ship Somersetshire on 7 April 1942. U-559 sank the 4,681-ton Athene and damaged the 5,917-ton Brambleleaf of convoy AT 49 on 10 June 1942.

The British minesweeper HMS Sotra was torpedoed on January 29, 1942, by the German U-boat U-431 off Bardia in the Mediterranean. Twenty-two men lost their lives in the sinking, including seven Norwegians.

67 MS Whalers (72 names) of the class. 11 of them were lost. See all MS Whaler classes. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat.

Den britiske minesveiperen HMS Sotra ble torpedert 29. januar 1942 av den tyske ubåten U-431 utenfor Bardia i Middelhavet. 22 mann omkom i forliset, inkludert sju nordmenn.

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2008年7月16日 · [6]HMS (or sometimes SS) Chakdina (3,033 GRT) was an armed boarding vessel commandeered by the Royal Navy and acting as a hospital ship (my guess is not as an official hospital ship however). She was sunk shortly after leaving Tobruk by attack from an Italian S.79 torpedo bomber.

Served on H.M.S. Sotra. Died at sea when HMS Sotra, a minesweeping trawler, was torpedoed by Uboat U-431 when it attacked the convoy TA-21 at 21.46 hours on 29 Jan 1942 off Bardia, Libya. HMS Sotra, commanded by T/Lt Frederick Roy Linfield, RNR, was...