SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name KOS XVI
Type Whaler
Yard Number 947
Launched 18/05/1932
Completed 1932
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 258
Length (feet) 119.7
Beam (feet) 24.1
First owner Kosmos II A/S (A. Jahre), Sandefjord
   
History 07/1940 Admiralty requisition as anti-submarine whaler (also reported as minesweeper)
   
Fate 24/08/1941 Hit at high speed by H.M.S. WOLSEY North of buoy 62B off Hull. An attempt was made to escort her to port but she sank 20m ENE of Withernsea.

For more details of the sinking, see KOS XVI on Warsailors.com

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