HMS Lorna

History
United Kingdom
NameSY Beryl
OwnerWyndham Francis Cook (1904-1905)
John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde (1905-1911)
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Yard number388
Launched31 August 1904
FateSold, 1911
United Kingdom
NameSY Lorna
OwnerSamuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden
Acquired1911
FateRequisitioned by the Admiralty, 1914
United Kingdom
NameHMS Lorna (024)
Acquired30 September 1914
FateReturned to owner, 2 February 1919
United Kingdom
NameSY Lorna
OwnerWalter Preston
FateRequisitioned by the Admiralty, 1939
United Kingdom
NameHMS Lorna (4.65)
AcquiredSeptember 1939
FateReturned to owner, 1943
Greece
NameThessalia (1947)
Glaros (1960)
OwnerKavounides Bros
AcquiredJuly 1947
FateSank at Piraeus, 14 December 1966, raised and scrapped at Perama 1968
General characteristics
Tonnage484 grt
548 grt (1960)
Length168.5 ft 0 in (51.36 m)
Beam25.2 ft 0 in (7.68 m)
Propulsion
  • steam
  • diesel from 1960
  • 2 screws
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Armament2 x QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss (1914)
1 x QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun (1939)
Notes

HMS Lorna was a British armed yacht which served in the Royal Navy. Originally built in 1904 as a luxury steam yacht, she served in both the First and Second World Wars and destroyed a German U-boat in 1918. After the war, she became a passenger vessel in Greece, but sank in 1966 and was scrapped two years later.