Sister ship HMS Romeo.
Completed 1941
Displacement 545 tons
Beam 26 ft
Draught 18 ft
Length 164 ft
Armament 1 12pdr AA gun, 3 20 mm AA (3x1)
Propulsion 950 HP Reciprocating engine, 1 shaft
Sunk 25 Jul 1942 by U-201 on pos. 06º 00”N 14º 17”W
Speed 12 kts
Complement 35
19 Dead
16 Survivors
At 23.05 hours on 25 Jul, 1942, HMS Laertes (T 137) (A/Skipper Lt P.J. Quinlan, DSC, RNR) was hit by one torpedo from U-201, exploded and sank immediately off Freetown. The commander, two officers and 16 ratings were lost.