HMS Pentland Firth
Anti-Submarine Trawler · United Kingdom · Lost 1942 · The New Jersey Coast
A British anti-submarine trawler on loan to the U.S. Navy, lost in a 1942 collision with an American minesweeper off Sandy Hook.
The Vessel and Her Loss
HMS Pentland Firth was a Royal Navy anti-submarine trawler lent to the U.S. Navy in early 1942 to help patrol the American east coast. On September 19, 1942, she was lost in a collision with the U.S. minesweeping trawler USS Chaffinch between Ambrose Lightship and Sandy Hook. The wreckage today lies scattered and low over a wide area off the New Jersey coast.
Vessel
- 1934
- FY 108
- Cook, Welton & Gemmill
- Beverley, England
- Steel
- 164 ft
- 27 ft
- 485
- Steam, single screw
- Royal Navy; lent to the U.S. Navy from February 1942
Loss
- September 19, 1942
- Collision
- Between Ambrose Lightship and Sandy Hook, New Jersey
- Atlantic Ocean
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- Skipper Edward John Lockwood Davies, RNR
The Wreck Today
- 70 ft
- Wreckage spread over a wide area, rising about 10 feet off the bottom at best
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Position
- 40.42° N 73.87° W
- Approximate position
- Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Position from AWOIS 1991 as reported by a recreational dive-site atlas (40°25.433'N, 73°52.204'W).
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Casualty figures for this loss are not established in the sources reviewed.
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Wreck condition, depth, position.
