HMT Lord Middleton (FY219)
This ship was originally a fishing trawler launched on 24 March 1936. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy upon the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and designated HMT Lord Middleton with the pennant number (FY219).
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HM Trawler Lord Middleton |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby |
| Launched | 24 March 1936 |
| Commissioned | September 1939 (requisitioned) |
| Decommissioned | July 1945 (returned) |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1964 |
| Displacement | 464 tons |
| Armament | 1 × 4-inch gun |
She survived the war and was returned to her owner in July 1945. She was scrapped in 1964. Her sister-ship, HMT Lord Austin, was lost on 24 June 1944.
The ship features in a song written by Alan Bell of The Taverners Folk Group: "So spare to her a kindly glance if e'er you're passing by, for over there in the old scrapyard the Lord Middleton must die".
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