Minesweeper

Halcyon

J. Samuel White & Company
Cowes, Isle of Wight

N-73
J-73 (Apr. 1940)

February 5, 1935

January 29, 1936

April 1, 1935

June 4, 1936

Sunk July 5, 1942 (British mine) while escorting convoy QP-13. Five other ships ran
into the field and were lost. (Heffron, Hybert, John Randolph, Massmar & Rodina.
1 other, Exterminator, also hit a mine, but was towed to port.)

Location: North Atlantic, Denmark Strait, 15 miles NNW of Latar, Iceland.
(66.35N - 23.14W)

Sources differ on number of casualties from 80 to 149, these numbers may include 39 men
who had survived the sinking of HMS Edinburgh and were returning home.
7 survivors, 1 survivor from HMS Edinburgh (this number also differs).

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