HMS Fir
Ship Number
1038
Vessel Type
Tree Class Trawler
Built
A&J Inglis
Launch Date
January 27, 1940
Launched By
Mrs Fox
Delivered
April 30, 1940
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
530 grt
BP Length
150 feet
Breadth
27-6 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
11.5 knots
Propulsion
Aitchison Blair, Clydebank - Triple Expansion 3 cylinder IHP 850
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
HMS Fir

[Clydesite]
Admiralty Trawler, Tree Class, Pennant T129, 1 x 12pdr, 2 x 0.5in AA (2 x 1), and 2 x twin Lewis guns Crew 35 Completed as a Minesweeper.
 
22 Mar 1945 HMS Fir picks up 49 survivors from the British merchant Empire Kingley that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-315 northwest of Lands End.
 
1941 Minsweeping Group 26 at Plymouth
 
1947 sold as a mercantile and renamed Vollen
 
1953 renamed Betty
 
1956 renamed Monteponi
 
Scrapped at La Spezia arriving 1/10/1968