- HMS Picotee (K63)
HMS "Picotee" (K63) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the
Royal Navy .She was built atHarland and Wolff and completed on5 September 1940 . Under the command of Lieutenant R.A. Harrison, she was tasked to convoy escort operations in the North Atlantic.She was torpedoed and sunk on the morning of12 August 1941 by the German submarine U-568. There were no survivors.There will be a memorial service on the 8th August 2009, 14:00hrs, at St. Georges Centre, Chatham Maritime, Kent, England
External links
* [http://www.hms-picotee.co.uk Official Website]
* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/search3.php?query=Picotee&Submit=Find+Vessel HMS "Picotee" on the Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk.]
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