Alastor, ex Vita

Alastor, ex Vita
Rig Class.Motor Yacht
Builder:Camper & Nicholson, Gosport
Year built:1926
General characteristics
Ton:340 tons TM
LOA:143 feet
Beam:
Propulsion:Diesel

Alastor was requisitioned in March 1940 for the Fleet Air Arm and was commissioned the following month as a tender.  In May 1941 she went to the Ayrshire Dockyard at Irvine where she was converted to anti-submarine duties.  She was equipped with depth charge chutes and a 6-pounder gun and, in October 1941, was allocated to the 35th Anti-submarine Group at Larne where she remained for the rest of the war.

Owners

Namefromto
Sir John C E Shelley-Rolls Bart 1928 1939

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