HMT Svana

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'''HMT ''Svana'' (FY 1707)''' was a minesweeper whaler of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12572.html Uboat.net]</ref>

She was originally built for the South Georgia Co. Ltd. by Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) and operated by Christian Salvesen & Co., Leith, UK. She was launched on 30 July 1930 with a displacement of 268 tons. She was taken over by the Admiralty in April 1940 and assigned to the Royal Naval Patrol Service. Under the command of Lt. John McDonald Ruttan,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seawaves.com/newsletters/TDIH/january/27Jan.txt |title=seawaves.com |access-date=15 July 2008 |archive-date=21 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121033612/http://www.seawaves.com/newsletters/TDIH/january/27Jan.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref> DSC, RCNVR she was bombed and sunk off Alexandria, Egypt on 8 April 1942.<ref>Lenton, H.T.and Colledge, J.J. (1964). ''British and Dominion Warships of World War II''. Doubleday., London.</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Svana}} Category:Anti-submarine trawlers of the Royal Navy Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Category:Ships sunk by Italian aircraft Category:1930 ships Category:Maritime incidents in April 1942 Category:Whaling ships