HMS Kite (U87) was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1944 (in which six U …

HMS Kite (1871) was an iron Ant-class screw gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1920, becoming a dredger. HMS Kite (U87) was a Modified Black Swan -class sloop launched in 1942 and sunk by a German U-boat in 1944.

HMS KITE (U 87) - Modified Black Swan-class Sloop including Convoy Escort Movements

At 06.40 hours on 21 August, HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. Andrew Neil Gillespie Campbell, RN) had slowed down to 6 knots to clear her foxers, which had become twisted around one another. At this vulnerable moment, U-344 fired a spread of three FAT torpedoes at the sloop, misidentified as Dido-class light cruiser by Pietsch.

British sloop 'Kite' (1795). Dates of service, name changes, previous and next incarnations, dimensions, armament, commanders, officers and crewmen, actions, battles, sources

Journals of HM Sloop KITE, 1806; HM Sloop NEMESIS, 1809; HM Sloop ST ALBANS, 1811. Journals of HM Sloop KITE, 1806; HM Sloop NEMESIS, 1809; HM Sloop ST ALBANS, 1811. Back to Search Results. Request this item. Share: Link copied to your clipboard! Object Details. ID: JOD/29 Type: Manuscript: Display location: Not on display ...

At 06.04 hours on 21 August, HMS Kite (U 87) (LtCdr A.N.G. Campbell, RN) had slowed down to 6 knots to clear her foxers, which had become twisted around one another. At this vulnerable moment, U-344 fired a spread of three FAT torpedoes at the sloop, misidentified as Dido-class light cruiser by Pietsch.

HMS Kite (U87) was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1944.

29 Sloops of the Modified Black Swan class. 4 of them were lost. Strikeout means that ship was cancelled (not finished) - not counted in class figures. See all Sloop 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.

HMS KITE was a Modified Black Swan class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, and commissioned on 1 March 1943. She took part in a number of successful convoy protection patrols, many of them as …