Naval
Commands, and ship locations within them, are
listed approximately north to south,
and then clockwise around the United
Kingdom
Some warships are listed with their own unit and again
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FLEET
Adm
Sir J C Tovey KCB, DSO
Second
Battle Squadron
(Adm Sir J C Tovey KCB, DSO) -
battleships KING GEORGE V (Capt W R Patterson
CVO) arr Scapa Flow 10 Dec for
final working up, NELSON (Flag, Capt G J A
Miles) arr Scapa Flow 31 Dec, RODNEY
(Capt F H G Dalrymple-Hamilton) at Rosyth
repairing to comp 9 Jan
Battlecruiser
Squadron
(Vice Adm J Whitworth CB, DSO, also
administered aircraft carriers) - HOOD (Flag,
Capt I G Glennie, Capt D
Orr-Ewing from 18 Jan, Capt R Kerr from 15
Feb) arr Scapa Flow 29 Dec, REPULSE
(Capt W G Tennant CB, MVO) arr Scapa Flow 31
Dec
Aircraft
carriers -
ARGUS
(Capt E G N Rushbrooke DSC) arr
Gibraltar 29 Dec, FURIOUS (Capt A G Talbot
DSO) dep Gibraltar 29 Dec to arrive Freetown 5
Jan
2nd
Cruiser Squadron
(Rear Adm A T B Curteis CB) - light
cruisers ARETHUSA (Flag, Capt Q D Graham) arr
Scapa Flow 1 Jan, AURORA (Capt W
G Agnew) arr Scapa Flow 1 Jan, GALATEA (Capt B
B Schofield, Actg Capt C A G
Nichols MVO from 10 Jan, Capt E W B Sim from 1
Mar) at Chatham repairing to comp
8 Jan
10th
Cruiser Squadron
(Rear Adm H M Burroughs CB) - light
cruisers FIJI (Capt P B R W William-Powlett)
at Greenock repairing to comp 31
Jan, KENYA (Flag, Capt M M Denny CB) dep
Plymouth 25 Dec, MAURITIUS (Capt L C A
St J Curzon-Howe MVO, Capt W D Stephens from 1
Feb, Curzon-Howe died from
illness 21 Feb) arr Greenock 29 Dec, NIGERIA
(Capt J G L Dundas) dep Scapa Flow
25 Dec
Cruisers
repairing
administered by 10th CS - heavy cruisers
AUSTRALIA (Capt R R Stewart)
at Liverpool docked to comp repairs 7 Jan,
SUFFOLK (Capt E C Thornton DSC) at
Greenock refitting to comp 31 Jan, SUSSEX
(Capt C L Bate DSO Rtd) at Greenock
repairing to comp Aug 42.
15th
Cruiser Squadron
(Rear Adm E L S King CB MVO) - light
cruisers BONAVENTURE (Capt H J Egerton) arr
Gibraltar 29 Dec, DIDO (Capt H W U
McCall) at Tyne repairing to comp 17 Jan,
NAIAD (Flag, Capt W H A Kelsey DSC)
arr Scapa Flow 27 Dec, PHOEBE (Capt G
Grantham) arr Oban 24 Dec
18th
Cruiser Squadron
(Vice Adm L E Holland CB) - light
cruisers BIRMINGHAM (Capt A C G Madden) arr
Scapa Flow 27 Dec, EDINBURGH (Capt
C M Blackman DSO) dep Scapa Flow 24 Dec,
MANCHESTER (Flag, Capt H A Packer) dep
Scapa Flow 26 Dec, NEWCASTLE (Capt E A Aylmer
DSC) det to South Atlantic, dep
Freetown on patrol 10 Dec, SOUTHAMPTON (Capt B
C B Brooke) det to Mediterranean
Fleet, arr Alexandria 30 Dec
Attached
cruiser
heavy
cruiser KENT (Capt D Young-Jamieson) at
Plymouth repairing to comp Sep 41.
Anti-aircraft
ships
(Administered by Rear Admiral
Destroyers) - anti-aircraft cruisers CAIRO
(Capt P V McLaughlin, Capt I R H
Black from 14 Jan) det to Western Approaches
at Tyne repairing to comp 21 Jan,
CURACOA (Capt C C Hughes-Hallett) arr Scapa
Flow 31 Dec, anti-aircraft ships
ALYNBANK (Capt P Hordern Rtd) dep Scapa Flow
22 Dec, damaged, SPRINGBANK (Capt
C H Godwin DSO Rtd) at Belfast.
Destroyer
depot ship
(Flag, Rear Admiral Destroyers Rear
Adm R H C Hallifax CB) - MAIDSTONE (Capt O L
Gordon MVO) at
Scapa Flow.
3rd
Destroyer Flotilla
(Capt P Todd DSO) - ECHO (Cdr S H K Spurgeon
DSO RAN, Lt Cdr
C H De B Newby from 11 Feb) arr Scapa Flow 29
Dec, INGLEFIELD (Todd) at London
repairing to comp mid Jan
4th
Destroyer Flotilla
(Capt P L Vian DSO)
7th
Division - ESCAPADE (Cdr R E Hyde-Smith, Lt
Cdr E N V Currey DSC from Feb) arr
Scapa Flow 29 Dec, ELECTRA (Lt Cdr S A Buss,
Cdr C W May from 28 Jan) arr Scapa
Flow 29 Dec, SIKH (Cdr G H Stokes) arr Scapa
Flow 31 Dec
8th
Division - BEAGLE (Cdr R H Wright DSC, Cdr R T
White Actg from Feb) arr Scapa
Flow 31 Dec, BULLDOG (Lt Cdr F J C Hewitt, Lt
Cdr E N V Currey from 3 Jan, Cdr
A J Baker-Cresswell from Feb) arr Liverpool 30
Dec, DOUGLAS (Lt Cdr H G
Bowerman, Cdr W E Banks DSC from Feb) at Scapa
Flow, ECLIPSE (Lt Cdr I T Clark)
arr Scapa Flow 20 Dec, TARTAR (Cdr L P
Skipwith) arr Scapa Flow 31 Dec
4th
Flotilla
destroyers repairing - BRILLIANT (Lt Cdr F C
Brodrick) at Scapa Flow docked,
COSSACK (Vian) at Scapa Flow weather damaged,
FAME (Cdr C A N Chatwin DSO, Cdr R
Heathcote DSO from Aug 42) at Tyne, ship
salvaged and rebuilt on new hull at
Chatham, repairs comp 29 Aug 42, MAORI (Cdr H
T Armstrong DSC) at Hebburn on
Tyne repairing to comp 14 Jan, ZULU (Cdr J S
Crawford, Cdr H R Graham DSO from
14 Jan) at Rosyth repairing to comp 18 Jan
6th
Destroyer Flotilla
(Capt C Caslon)
11th
Division - ESKIMO
(Cdr E G LeGeyt) arr Scapa Flow 31 Dec,
MASHONA (Cdr W H Selby) arr Scapa Flow
1 Jan, MATABELE (Cdr R St V Sherbrooke) arr
Scapa Flow 31 Dec, SOMALI (Caslon)
arr Scapa Flow 31 Dec
12th
Division
- BEDOUIN (Cdr J A McCoy) arr Scapa Flow 31
Dec
6th
Flotilla destroyers repairing - ASHANTI (Cdr W
G Davis DSC) at Wallsend
under long repair to comp at the end of Aug
41, PUNJABI (Cdr J T Lean) at Plymouth boiler
cleaning to comp 4 Jan
7th
Destroyer Flotilla
(Capt S H T Arliss) - NAPIER
(Arliss) at Scapa
Flow, NIZAM
(Lt Cdr M J Clark RAN) at Clyde to comp
construction 8 Jan
12th
Destroyer Flotilla
(Flotilla
being absorbed into various
escort groups) - KEPPEL (Lt R J Hanson, Cdr A
M Sheffield in Feb) arr Loch Alsh 1 Jan
Vice
Admiral Submarines
(Vice
Adm Sir Max K Horton KCB, DSO)
2nd
Submarine Flotilla
(Capt G C P Menzies) - depot ship
FORTH (Capt Menzies) at Clyde, yachts CUTTY
SARK (Cdr R H Mack Rtd) at Clyde,
SURPISE (Capt E Stubbs Rtd) arr Greenock 31
Dec, submarines CACHALOT (Cdr J D
Luce DSO) arr Clyde 31 Dec, TAKU (Lt J F B
Brown) at Glasgow repairing to comp
4 Jan, TALISMAN (Lt Cdr P S Francis) dep
Greenock 26 Dec, THUNDERBOLt (Lt C B
Crouch) at Holy Loch, TIGRIS (Lt Cdr H F Bone
DSO, DSC) dep Greenock, TRIBUNE
(Lt E F Balston, Lt Cdr R G Norfolk from 2
Jan) at Holy Loch, TRIDENT (Cdr G M
Sladen) dep Greenock 17 Dec, TUNA (Lt Cdr M K
Cavenagh-Mainwaring DSO) dep Holy
Loch 12 Dec
3rd
Submarine Flotilla
(Capt
H M C Ionides) - depot ship
TITANIA (Capt Ionides) arr Clyde 21 Nov, yacht
WHITE BEAR (Cdr C G Fleming Rtd) arr Dundee 22
Dec, submarines CLYDE (Cdr D C Ingram DSC) at
Devonport repairing to comp 31
Mar, SEVERN (Lt Cdr A N G Campbell) at
Elderslie repairing to comp 4 Jan
6th
Submarine Flotilla
(Capt G A W Voelcker) -
miscellaneous ship ELFIN (Capt Voelcker) at
Blyth, submarines SEALION (Cdr B Bryant
DSC) dep Rosyth 22 Dec, SNAPPER (Lt G V
Prowse) at Tyne refitting to comp 4 Jan,
STURGEON
(Lt Cdr D St Clair Ford) dep Blyth 31 Dec,
SUNFISH (Lt G R Colvin) at Rosyth
7th
Submarine Flotilla
(administered by Vice Adm Submarines)
depot ship CYCLOPS (Capt R L M Edwards) at
Rothesay, ALECTO (Cdr R M G
Gambier) at Tobermory, yacht BREDA (Capt A E
Johnston Rtd) at Rothesay, Dutch
destroyer Z.8 at Clyde, submarines H.28 (Lt M
R G Wingfield, Lt L W A
Bennington from 1 Jan) dep Rothesay for
Tobermory on 1 Jan, H.31 (Lt R D
Whiteway-Wilkinson) arr Rothesay 25 Dec, H.32
(Lt R L Alexander) at Campeltown,
H.33 (Lt G P Darling, Lt R M Favell from 6
Jan) at Tobermory, H.34 (Lt L W
Napier, Lt J S Huddart from 13 Jan) dep Clyde
30 Dec to arr Sheerness 6 Jan,
H.43 (Lt I L M McGeoch) at Londonderry, H.44
(Lt A R Hezlet) at Sheerness
repairing to comp 6 Jan, H.50 (Lt M Wilmott)
at Holyhead, OBERON (Lt G A I
Graham) at Rothesay, OTWAY (Lt H R B Newton)
at Campbeltown, Dutch submarines
O.9 (Lt Cdr H A W Goossens) at Tobermory, O.10
(Lt Cdr Lt J H Geijs) at Dundee,
O.14 (Lt Cdr H Tichelman) arr Dundee 22 Dec,
Norwegian submarine B.1 at
Rothesay.
9th
Submarine Flotilla
(Capt J G Roper OBE) - shore
establishment AMBROSE (Capt J G Roper OBE) at
Dundee, yacht ACQUISITION (Ty
Elec Lt R Platt RNVR) on patrol, submarines
L.23 (Lt L F L Hill) at Scapa Flow,
L.26 (Lt R S Frost RNR, Lt C Gordon from 5
Jan) arr Rosyth 26 Dec, URGE (Lt E P
Tomkinson) at Holy Loch, Dutch submarines O.21
(Lt Cdr J F van Dulm) dep Dundee
29 Dec, O.23 (Lt Cdr G B M van Erkel) arr
Dundee 1 Jan, O.24 (Lt Cdr O de Booy)
at Grangemouth repairing, French submarine
RUBIS (LV G E J Cabanier) at Dundee
repairing to comp 22 Mar, Polish submarine
WILK at Dundee
Minelayers
(Rear
Adm R L Burnett OBE since 30
Nov) - AGAMEMNON (Capt F Ratsey Rtd),
MENESTHEUS (Capt W H D Friedberger),
PORT QUEBEC (Capt E C Watson Rtd),
SOUTHERN PRINCE (Flag, Burnett, Capt E M C
Barraclough Actg), all arr Loch Alsh
10 Dec
6th
Destroyer Division -
BATH
(Cdr A V Hemming Rtd) at Loch
Alsh, CHARLESTOWN (Lt Cdr T Johnston) at Clyde
repairing to comp 6 Jan, ST
ALBANS (Cdr F E Wilmot-Sitwell Rtd) at
Greenock, ST MARYS (Lt K H J L Phibbs)
at Newport repairing to comp in Jan
NORTHERN
and WESTERN PATROL
Armed
merchant cruisers -
CALIFORNIA
(Capt C J Pope RAN) dep
Clyde 23 Dec, CHESHIRE (Capt J M Begg Rtd from
10 Mar) at Liverpool repairing
to comp 12 Mar, CHITRAL (Capt G Hamilton Rtd)
dep Clyde 23 Dec, CILICIA (Capt V
B Cardwell Rtd Actg) dep Clyde 3 Jan,
CIRCASSIA (Capt E V Lees Actg) dep
Gibraltar 28 Dec, DERBYSHIRE (Capt E A B
Stanley DSO, MVO Rtd) dep Gibraltar 16
Dec, AMC LETITIA (Capain E H Longsdon Actg)
dep Iceland 26 Dec, SALOPIAN (Capt Sir John M
Alleyne Bt DSO, DSC Rtd) dep
Clyde 29 Dec, WOLFE (Capt W G A Shuttleworth
Rtd, Actg) dep Clyde 3 Jan,
WORCESTERSHIRE (Capt J Cresswell Actg) dep
Clyde 15 Dec
Ocean
boarding vessels -
CAMITO
(Actg Cdr A A Barnett RNR) dep Clyde 7 Dec on
patrol, CAVINA
(Capt N H Gale RD RNR) dep Clyde 14 Dec on
patrol, CORINTHIAN (Actg Cdr E J R
Pollitt RNR) arr Rosyth 31 Dec, CRISPIN (Actg
Cdr B Moloney DSO, DSC RNR) at Clyde,
MALVERNIAN (Cdr J W B Robertson
RNR) at London, MANISTEE (Actg Cdr E H
Smith RNR) at Glasgow, MARON (Cdr J H Blair
DSC RNR Rtd) dep Clyde 14 Dec on patrol,
MARSDALE (Actg Cdr D H F Armstrong RNR) arr
Clyde 29 Dec
ICELAND
COMMAND
Rear
Adm R J R Scott AM Rtd
Accommodation
ship, Reykjavik -
BALDUR
(Actg Capt H E Rendall Rtd) at
Reykjavik
21st
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
trawlers ELM (Ty Lt E
W C Dempster RNVR), HAZEL (Ty Lt R Thorne
RNVR), WHITETHORN (Lt W G H Bolton
RNR), WISTARIA (Sk A S H Robb RNR), all at
Reykjavik
Minesweeping
vessels
minesweeping
trawler EBOR WYKE (Actg
Ty Sk T E Olgeirsson RNR), VARANGA (Ty Lt G C
Crowley RNVR), both at
Liverpool refitting
Patrol
vessels
- Norwegian NORDKAPP, VESTFJORD
(Norwegian crews), both at Reykjavik
Local
defence trawlers -
DOROTHY
GRAY (Lt T Toft, SARNVR) at
Reykjavik, DUCHESSE DE BRABANT (Sk C R Radford
RNR) at Tobermory, EDOUARD VAN
VLAENDEREN (Sk J C Ross RNR) dep Belfast 31
Dec, SABINA (Ty Lt I H Wymer RNVR) at
Reykjavik, STRATHELLA (Pbty Ty Lt J C A
Hammond RNVR) at Reykjavik, TRITELLIA
(Ty Lt C H Wardroper RNVR) at Reykjavik,
VIKING DEEPS (Ty Lt N F Davis RNR) at
Reykjavik, Norwegian VAN OOST
(Norwegian crew) at Reykjavik
Trawler
-
Norwegian
HONNINGSVAAG (Norwegian
crew) dep Reykjavik
18 Dec
Controlled
minelayer -
ALSEY
(Pbty Ty Lt H A Inglis RNR) at Seidisfjord
Coast
Watching Service
trawler
SKYRACK (Ty S/Lt E S Plater
RNR) at Reykjavik
Examination
Service
-
examination ships DORADE II (Ty Sk
J F Nuttall RNR), Norwegian JOKULL, RUNDHORN (both Norwegian crews), all
at
Iceland
Boom
carrier -
Trawler
DEVON CITY (Cdr C A R Routh Rtd) at Hvalfjord
Boom
defence vessels -
BARCLIFF
(Ty Lt R E Coad RNR), BARRHEAD (Ty Lt J R
Alexander RNR), JAMES BARRIE (Ty Warrant Mech
C W
Alderson), SILANION (Ty Boom Sk R E Randall
RNR), all at Hvalfjord, STALBERG (Ty
Boom Sk H Aldridge RNR) arr Kirkwall 22 Dec
ORKNEYS
and SHETLAND COMMAND
Accommodations
ships -
IRON
DUKE (Cdr J W Boutwood, Cdr W E
Wilson from 20 Jan), DUNLUCE CASTLE (Capt R T
Down CVO DSO Rtd), both at
Scapa Flow
Depot
ship -
GREENWICH
(Cdr J H Pipe Rtd) at Scapa Flow
1st
Minesweeping Flotilla -
minesweepers
BRAMBLE (Capt M H
Evelegh, SO ) at Scapa Flow, BRITOMART (Lt Cdr
J M S Cox DSC) at Aberdeen
docking to comp 7 Jan, SEAGULL (Cdr R H V
Sivewright Rtd) at Scapa Flow,
SHARPSHOOTER arr Aberdeen 31 Dec, SPEEDY (Lt A
E Doran) at Aberdeen repairing
to comp 28 Jan, HAZARD (Lt Cdr J R A Seymour)
at Rosyth repairing, HEBE (Lt Cdr
J B G Temple DSC) at Leith repairing to comp
20 Jan
9th
Minesweeping Flotilla -
minesweeper
BANGOR (Cdr J Peterson DSO, DSC),
BRIDLINGTON (Lt C W Malins), RHYL (Lt W L
O'Mara), ROMNEY (Cdr E R A
Farquharson Rtd), all at Scapa Flow
Controlled
minelayer
M.2 (no CO listed) at Scapa Flow
Fleet
Target Service
tugs
BANDIT (Lt A T Board), BUCCANEER
(Lt S E Veal), both at Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow
14th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
trawlers BRONTES (SO,
Ch Sk J R Coultas RNR), DAVY (Ch Sk C A
Grimmer
RNR), ISTRIA (Sk J T Brockson RNR) repairing
at Aberdeen, LOCH TULLA (Sk G Reeve RNR),
REGAL (Sk J S Harper RNR), all but one at
Scapa Flow
71st
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
drifters BRANCH (Ty Sk
P J Bridge RNR) at Scapa Flow, CRAIGROY (no CO listed) at Scapa Flow,
CRANNOCH (Sk J
Runcie RNR)
at Scapa Flow, FAWN (Ch Sk D More
RNR) at Scapa Flow, FISHER LAD (Sk A E Larner
RNR) at Buckie refitting, INVERCAIRN (Ch
Sk G Stewart RNR) at Scapa Flow, LOYAL FRIEND (Sk C G Spillings
RNR)
at Peterhead repairing, SUNNYSIDE
GIRL (no CO listed) at Peterhead, THE PROVOST
(Sk A S Matson RNR) at Peterhead, WEST HAVEN
(Sk J C
Edwards RNR) at Buckie
Attached
for
duty with 71st Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine yacht WIDGEON OF FEARN
(no CO listed) at Buckie repairing
72nd
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
drifter COPIOUS (Ty Lt
L G Stevens RNVR) at Scapa Flow, EPHRETAH
(Pbty Ty S/Lt D Game RNVR) at Scapa
Flow, GORSE (Ty S/Lt A F Cameron RNVR) at
Macduff, GUIDING LIGHT (Ty Sk J H
Burgess RNR) at Scapa Flow, OLIVE TREE (no CO
listed) at Scapa Flow, TRUST
(no CO listed) at Buckie refitting
Danlaying
vessels
(attached
to 1st Minesweeping
Flotilla) - SARGASSO (Ty Lt R E Perry-Hook
RNVR) at Scapa Flow, SEAFLOWER (Ty Lt F A
Haworth RNVR)
at Aultbrea
Harbour
defence patrol craft
-
yacht AZARA (Pbty Ty Lt I H M
Robertson RNVR) at Scapa Flow, drifters CLOUD
(Ty Lt G H McNair RNVR) at Scapa
Flow, COLDSNAP (Ty S/Lt E A Collins RNVR) at
Scapa Flow, CUMULUS (no CO listed)
at Scapa Flow, DOROTHY (no CO listed) at Scapa
Flow, FAIR WEATHER (Ty Lt W J C
Harrison RNVR) at Loch Alsh, FUMEROLE (Pbty
Actg Lt L McClure RNR) at Scapa Flow, HORIZON
(Pbty
Midshipman C A Hamer RNR) at Buckie, INDIAN
SUMMER (Ty Lt J S Bowes RNVR) at Buckie
refitting, LEEWARD (Ty Lt C H Skentelbury
RNVR) at Buckie repairing, LUNAR
BOW (Pbty Lt F M Fogarty RNVR) at
Buckie, MIST (no CO listed) at Inverness,
SHEEN (Ty Lt P C Grant RNVR) at Scapa
Flow, SPECTRUM (no CO listed) at Scapa Flow,
WHIRLPOOL (Ty Lt W E Turner RNVR)
at Scapa Flow
Minesweeping
Group 44
-
minesweeping trawlers CAPE
NYEMETSKI (Lt W L G Dutton RNR) at Scapa Flow,
CONWAY CASTLE (Ty Sk J R Flaxman
RNR) at Scapa Flow, DANIEL CLOWDEN
(Temporry Lt A Flaatten RNR) at Scapa Flow,
NORTHCOATES (Ch Sk A Flaws
RNR) at Aberdeen
Minesweeping
Group 101
-
minesweeping whalers BOUVET I (Lt
Cdr C S Cooke Rtd), BOUVET II (Ty Lt D H
Hackett RNVR), both at Scapa Flow,
BOUVET III (Ty Lt H Lamberton RNVR), BOUVET IV
(Sk T Buchan RNR), both arr Aultbrea 3 Jan
Minesweeping
Group 102
-
minesweeping whalers HVAL V (no CO
listed) at Scapa
Flow, POLAR
VI (Ty Lt (E) A J Christensen RNR) at
Birkenhead
Minesweeping
Group 103
minesweeping
trawlers MICHAEL
GRIFFITH (Ty S/Lt E Ohre RNR), YEZO (no CO
listed), both at
Aberdeen
Minesweeping
drifters -
GREEN
PASTURES (no CO listed) at Scapa Flow,
PROSPECT AHEAD (Ty Sk E Clark RNR) paid off at
Irvine, SCOURGE (Sk A Smith RNR) at Scapa
Flow, TRITONIA (Ty Sk R Souter RNR) at
Aberdeen, VIOLET FLOWERS (no CO listed) at
Scapa Flow
Kirkwall
Accommodation
ship
- steamer ST SUNNIVA (Lt Cdr G P M
Fitzgerald Rtd) at Kirkwall
24th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
trawler SCALBY WYKE
(Ch Sk S Bass RNR) at
Aberdeen repairing, TEKOURA (Sk R
W Sayer
RNR) at Kirkwall
Minesweeping
Group 45 -
minesweeping
trawler ADMIRAL SIR JOHN
LAWFORD (Sk G W Smith RNR), LUNE (Sk C Flett
RNR), both at Kirkwall, SICYON (Sk W
Masson RNR) at Aberdeen
Examination
Service vessels -
BRACONHILL
(Ty S/Lt A Townley RNR), SOUBRETTE (Ty Lt J
Halles RNR) WILLIAM H HASTIE (Ty Lt R H
Jameson
RNR), all at Kirkwall
Armed
boarding vessels -
AQUAMARINE
(Lt N P McLeod RNR) dep Kirkwall 21 Dec,
KINGSTON BERYL
(Ty Lt R H Jameson RNR) arr Kirkwall 25 Dec,
KINGSTON JACINTH (Lt A Ayre
RNR Rtd) dep Gibraltar 29 Dec for
Grimsby, KINGSTON ONYX (Lt R Walgate
RNR) arr Kirkwall 25 Dec, KINGSTON
PERIDOT (Lt Cdr R S Winder OBE RNR) arr
Kirkwall 28 Dec, KINGSTON TOPAZ (Cdr W L Smith
RNR) dep Gibraltar 29 Dec for Grimsby,
KINGSTON TURQUOISE (Lt L A White RNR) dep
Gibraltar 29 Dec for Grimsby,
NORTHERN CHIEF (Lt N L Knight RNR) dep
Kirkwall 26 Dec, NORTHERN DUKE (Lt G C D
Meldrum
RNR) dep Kirkwall 21 Dec, NORTHERN FOAM
(Pbty Ty Lt M Todd RNR) arr Kirkwall 26 Dec,
NORTHERN
GIFT (Lt R J Stokes RNR) dep Kirkwall 1 Jan,
NORTHERN ISLES
(Lt A G Scott RNR) at Aberdeen refitting, NORTHERN PRINCESS (Lt Cdr J N
Hulse
RNR)
at Aberdeen refitting, NORTHERN
REWARD (Lt C N Stewart RNR) dep Kirkwall 22
Dec, NORTHERN
SKY (Lt J E Bromley RNR) arr Kirkwall 1 Jan,
NORTHERN SUN (Lt J Andrew RNR) at Aberdeen
refitting
Rescue
tugs -
BRIGAND
(Lt Cdr H H Leatherdale) at
Scapa Flow, ST OLAVES (Ty Lt H L Forster RNR)
at Inverness
ROSYTH
COMMAND
Vice
Adm Sir Charles G Ramsey KCB
Depot
ship -
COCHRANE
(Rear Adm C H G Benson DSO
Rtd)
Battleship
-
QUEEN
ELIZABETH (Capt C B Barry DSO)
at Rosyth refitting to comp 31 Jan 41.
Rosyth
Escort Force Convoy C
(Capt R Kerr ashore at Rosyth, from
18 Jan Capt F S W de Winter) - escort ships
VALOROUS (Lt Cdr E Mack, Capt L A K
Boswell DSO in Jan) at Chatham repairing to
comp 11 Jan, VANITY (Cdr H J
Buchanan RAN) dep Rosyth 31 Dec, VEGA (Lt Cdr
R F Jenks) at Hull refitting to
comp 14 Nov 42, VERDUN (Cdr A C Behague) arr
Sheerness 30 Dec, VICEROY (Lt Cdr
D P Trentham) at Portsmouth undergoing refit
to comp 10 Jan, VIMIERA (Lt Cdr R
B N Hicks DSO) arr Rosyth 31 Dec, VIVIEN (Lt
Cdr S H Beattie) at Sheerness,
WALLACE (Lt Cdr E G Heywood-Lonsdale Emgcy) at
Sheerness, WESTMINSTER (Lt Cdr A
A C Ouvry) dep Rosyth 31 Dec, WINCHESTER (Lt
Cdr S E Crewe-Read, Lt Cdr D J B
Jewitt from 3 Feb) at London repairing to comp
6 Jun, WOLFHOUND (Lt Cdr J W
McCoy DSC) arr Rosyth 29 Dec, WOLSEY (Lt Cdr C
H Campbell DSC) arr Sheerness 30
Dec, WOOLSTON (Lt Cdr W J Phipps OBE) arr
Rosyth 31 Dec,
continued
-
sloops BLACK SWAN (Lt G H Murray RNVR, Cdr T A
C Pakenham from 26 Apr) at
Dundee repairing to comp in late Apr, EGRET
(Cdr D P Evans, Cdr E M Haes from
14 Jan) arr Rosyth 26 Dec, FLEETWOOD (Cdr R W
Moir) dep Rosyth 30 Dec, FOWEY
(Lt Cdr L C A Leefe) arr Falmouth 31 Dec,
HASTINGS (Lt Cdr A B Alison) dep
Rosyth 29 Dec, LONDONDERRY (Cdr J S Dalison)
dep Rosyth 29 Dec, LOWESTOFT (Cdr
A M Knapp) arr Rosyth 31 Dec, STORK (Lt G T S
Gray DSC) at Grangemouth
repairing to comp 16 Mar, WESTON (Cdr J G
Sutton Rtd) arr Rosyth 31 Dec,
minesweeper/escort ships GLEANER (Lt Cdr H P
Price DSO) at Leith repairing to
comp 31 Jan, JASON (Lt Cdr R E Terry OBE) dep
Rosyth 28 Dec
Controlled
minelayers
base
ship MANCHESTER CITY (Cdr P G C Turner Rtd,
Cdr A D S
Smyth DSO Rtd from 27 Feb) dep Clyde 30 Dec,
controlled minelayers LINNET (Lt R
Homewood) at Troon refitting, M.3 (no CO
listed) at Tyne, RINGDOVE (Lt Cdr C R
Pilgrim OBE Rtd) dep Tyne 29 Dec for Humber.
Dutch
torpedo boats -
Z.5
at Dundee, Z.6 at Dundee, Z.7 at Holyhead (all
Dutch crews)
Fort
William
Motor
launch training boats,
ML.131,
ML.136, ML.154 all at Fort
William, ML.169 at Humber, ML.1031 at
Portsmouth, on comp ML.133 relieved
ML.169 which proceeded to 9th ML Flotilla
Stornoway
Base
ship -
MENTOR
(Capt J C Wauchope Rtd)
Minesweeping
Group 47
-
minesweeping trawlers BEAUMARIS
CASTLE (Ty Sk A Macleod RNR), GROSMONT CASTLE
(Lt C Edgecombe
RNR), WALWYNS CASTLE (Sk J McLeman RNR), all
at Stornoway
Minesweeping
Group 48 -
minesweeping
trawler DUNRAVEN CASTLE
(Pbty Ty S/Lt T S Otley RNVR), HARLECH CASTLE
(Ty Lt W A MacLaughlan RNVR),
POWIS CASTLE (Ty Sk D Campbell RNR), all at
Stornoway
Wick
Examination
Vessels -
AVONDALE
(no CO listed), FISHER BOY (Ty Sk G W Brown
RNR), both at Wick
Invergordon
Minesweeping
Group 43 -
minesweeping
trawlers GEORGE COUSINS
(Ch Sk E J Marshall RNR), STAR OF THE WAVE (Ty
Sk J Wells
RNR), both at Buckie
Minesweeping
drifters -
INDUSTRY
(Sk A W Slater RNR), ROSE ARD (no CO listed),
both at
Invergordon
Aberdeen
10th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
whalers BUTTERMERE (Lt
G W Farrow RNR), THIRLMERE (Ty S/Lt R C R Mortimore RNVR), WASTWATER (Ty
Lt A C Munro
RNVR), all at Scapa Flow, WINDERMERE (Sk C J A
Silom
RNR)
at Aberdeen
12th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawlers CAPE WARWICK
(Pbty Ty Lt A K Nears RNR) at Scapa Flow, LORD
LLOYD (Ty Lt M W Bonds RNVR) at
Aberdeen, STELLA PEGASI (Pbty Ty Lt E Steedman
RNR) at Scapa Flow
15th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
trawlers SOUTHERN
FLOWER (Sk J Coxall RNR) at Scapa Flow,
SOUTHERN SHORE (Sk A C Whitcombe
RNR) at Scapa Flow, SPOSA (Ty Sk E
Nicholson RNR) at Aberdeen, STORA (Sk J Baxter
RNR)
at Kirkwall, TERJE (Sk C Coultas
RNR) at Scapa Flow
30th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawlers LEICESTER CITY (Ty Lt A R Cornish
RNR), LINCOLN CITY (Pbty Ty Lt F A Seward
RNR), PRESTON NORTH END (SO, Lt Cdr H M
C Sanders RNR), all at Faroes, STOKE
CITY
(Pbty Ty Lt H D Williams
RNR) at Tyne
Minesweeping
Group 12 -
minesweeping
trawlers DOROTHY LAMBERT
(Ty Sk G S Wright RNR), GRAMPION (Lt Cdr E A
Burton), JAMES LAY (no CO listed),
SUMA (Ty Lt J F W Harrison RNVR), all at
Aberdeen
Minesweeping
Group 19 -
minesweeping
trawlers ACHROITE (Sk G
W H Mortlock RNR), CLEVELLA (Ty Sk R Sandham
RNR),
FILEY BAY (no CO listed), MONIMIA
(Pbty Sk J Watt RNR), all at Peterhead
Minesweeping
Group 38 -
minesweeping
trawlers LORD ASHFIELD
(Ty Sk C H Grimmer RNR) at Peterhead, ROBERT
STROUD (Sk W W Cockrill
RNR) at Aberdeen
Minesweeping
Group 69 -
minesweeping
trawler ORMONDE (Actg Sk
W T Couall RNR) at
Aberdeen
Minesweeping
Group 70
minesweeping
trawlers CHRYSOLITE (no
CO listed), CRAIGCOILLEACH (Sk G Geddes RNR)
at Peterhead, LIGNY (Ty Sk D S
Summers RNR), RESMILO (no CO listed), all but
one at Aberdeen
Minesweeping
trawlers
(ungrouped)
minesweeping trawlers ELDORADO (Ty Sk
A Christy RNR), NEWHAVEN N B (Ty Sk A E
Youngman
RNR), both at Aberdeen
Minesweeping
drifters -
BOY
JOHN (Ty Sk G H Kersey RNR), NORTHERN LIGHT
(Pbty Ty Sk J
Jamieson RNR), WINDSOR LAD (Pbty Ty Sk R
Corstorphine RNR), all at Aberdeen
Dundee
Minesweeping
Group 34
minesweeping
trawlers CRANEFLY (Sk H
B Soames RNR), DANE (Pbty Ty S/Lt H C
Hutchinson
RNVR), EQUERRY (Pbty Ty Sk R M Buchan RNR),
GADFLY (Actg Sk C W Snape RNR), STURTON (Sk W
Buchan RNR), all at Dundee
Minesweeping
Group 71
minesweeping
trawler SYRIAN (no CO
listed) at Dundee
Minesweeping
Group 104
minesweeping
trawlers SOUTHERN FIELD
(Ty Lt E A Wakefield RNVR), SOUTHERN FOAM (Sk
J Thompson RNR) refitting, both at Dundee
Port
Edgar
Base
ship -
LOCHINVAR
(Capt W T Phipps Rtd)
Minesweeping
Group 60
(Minesweeping Training Flotilla)
minesweeping trawlers BLACKWATER (Ty Lt J A H
Lumbus RNVR) at Port Edgar, BOYNE
(Ty Lt G F Bryant RNVR) at Port Edgar, COLNE
(Lt H Astbury RNR) at Leith, DEE (Lt I
Griffiths) at
Port Edgar, FOYLE (Ty Lt C S Southcombe RNR)
at Port Edgar, GARRY (SO, Lt Cdr A
G Ingram DSC Rtd) at Leith refitting, KENNET
(Ty Lt W G Lloyd RNR) at Leith, LIFFEY (Lt F C
Croughan
Rtd) at Leith
Minesweeping
Group 62
minesweeping
trawlers CALVINIA (no CO
listed), FINTRAY (Ty Sk C Allum RNR), LOCH
RANNOCH (Ty Sk H E Ward
RNR), TOUCHSTONE (Ty Sk D Casey RNR), all at
Port Edgar
Attached
paddle minesweeper -
AMBASSADOR
(Ty Lt J L Lumb RNVR) at
Granton refitting
Leith
3rd
Mine Recovery Flotilla -
echo
Sounding Yacht EL TOVAR (Ty S/Lt
A K Blake RNVR), drifters ACHIEVABLE (Ty Sk W
Hayes DSC RNR), YOUNG CLIFF (Ty Sk H N
Rogerson
RNR), all at Leith
Granton
13th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawlers REIGHTON WYKE
(Lt T Conolly RNR), STAFNES (SO, Sk A Flett
RNR),
THORNWICK BAY (Sk J May RNR), VASCANA (Sk Y
Day RNR), all at Granton
38th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawlers BRIMNESS (Sk
W Martin RNR), LADY BERYL (Ch Sk A Liston
RNR), STELLA CANOPUS (SO, Sk E J
Attridge RNR), VISENDA (Sk C A Collins RNR),
all at Granton
7th
Minesweeping Flotilla
paddle
minesweepers PLINLIMMON (Actg
Ty Lt Cdr G P Baker RNVR), QUEEN OF THANET
(SO, Actg Ty Cdr S P Herivael RNVR),
QUEEN OF KENT (Lt N Psaroudis RNR), RYDE (Ty
Lt E T Symons RNVR),
SANDOWN (Ty Lt H Runsam RNR), SKIDDAW (Ty Lt R
C Jones RNVR, Ty Lt J A Harris
RNR from 15 Jan), WESTWARD HO (Ty Lt G B
Anderton RNVR), all at Granton
Danlaying
yacht -
SYLVANA
(Ty Lt P McDougall RNR, SO Minesweeping,
Granton) at
Granton
Danlaying
drifters
(for duty with 7th Minesweeping
Flotilla) - CLAN MACKAY (Ty Sk W P Buchan RNR)
at Leith repairing, SNAP (Ty Sk W Bruce RNR)
at Granton
Minesweeping
Group 32
minesweeping
trawlers COMMITATUS (Sk
W White RNR), COMMODATOR (Sk W Limb DSC RNR),
HILDENA (Sk W T E Page RNR) damaged, SARGON
(Ty Sk C J Watson
RNR), all at Granton
Minesweeping
Group 33
minesweeping
trawlers BRABANT (Ty Sk
J A Armitage RNR), FLANDERS (Ty Sk C Evans
RNR),
KUNISHI (Sk K S Hawkridge RNR), all at Granton
Minesweeping
Group 59
minesweeping
trawlers ANN MELVILLE (Pbty Ty Sk R Cooper
RNR), SHANDWICK (Ty Sk D Young RNR),
STRATHUGIE (Ty Sk F H Steele RNR), all at
Granton
Minesweeping
Group 105
minesweeping
trawlers HOVERFLY (Ty Sk
G Harwood RNR), LORINDA (Ty Sk J N Hall
RNR),
RENZO (Ty Sk J O Emmons RNR), RETAKO (Sk P
Welsh RNR), all at Granton
Minesweeping
Group 106
minesweeping
trawlers ELENA (Sk N
Lyle RNR) at Granton, NORTHWARD HO (Sk W
Thain RNR) at Rosyth, OLYMPIA (Actg Sk A Cowie
RNR) at Rosyth, VALMONT (Actg Sk J
Burgess RNR) at Granton, WALLENA (Ty Sk A
Taylor
RNR) at Granton
North
Shields
8th
Minesweeping Flotilla
paddle
minesweepers GLEN AVON (Actg
Ty Lt Cdr A Stubbs RNR), GLEN GOWER (SO, Actg
Cdr M A O Biddulph), GLEN USK (Ty Lt
Cdr N F Wills RNVR), LAGUNA BELLE (Actg Ty Lt
Cdr A O Foden RNR), MEDWAY QUEEN (Ty Lt A T
Cook DSC
RNR), SNAEFELL (Actg Ty Lt Cdr F Brett
RNR), SOUTHSEA (Actg Ty Lt Cdr C C M
Pawley RNR), THAMES QUEEN (Actg Ty Lt Cdr J
Martin-Smith DSC RNR), all at North Shields
Minesweeping
Group 54 -
minesweeping
trawlers ALEXANDER SCOTT
(Ty Sk C H Winter RNR), DAVID OGILIVIE (Sk K B
Taylor RNR), HARRY MELLING (Ty Lt T Doyles
RNVR), NODZU (no CO listed), all at North
Shields
Minesweeping
Group 63 -
minesweeping
trawlers ALBERIC (Ty Lt
F G Cousins RNVR), CEYLONITE (Ty S/Lt W G
Harding RNVR), JOHN STEPHEN (Ty Sk W
R H Stewart RNR), SWAN II (Sk G H Goodison
RNR),
all at North Shields
Minesweeping
Group 68 -
minesweeping
trawlers CHASSIRON (Ty
S/Lt W K Lewis RNVR), GENERAL BOTHA (Ty Lt C C
Vacher RNVR), LORD DARLING (Ty
Sk H Claxton RNR), REHEARO (Sk Lt J T Watson
RNR
Rtd), all at North Shields
Minesweeping
Group 107 -
minesweeping
trawlers ARTEGAL (Ty Sk
J T T Williams RNR), CLIFTON (Lt Cdr D G Mason
RNR),
NEW COMET (Ty Sk A H Barratt RNR) at Tyne
beached, WITHAM (Sk A S
Farr DSM RNR), all but one at North Shields
Minesweeping
Group 108 -
minesweeping
trawlers BADINAGE (Ch Sk
J Walton RNR), BEN TORC (Lt R H Corbold RCNVR)
at
Hartlepool refitting, GAROLA (Ty Sk P J May
RNR), STAR OF DEVERON (Ty Lt R A A Robertson
RNVR), all but one at North Shields
Hartlepool
Minesweeping
Group 1 -
minesweeping
trawlers HAWTHORN (Ty Lt
E T Symons RNVR), LILAC (Sk H C Salter RNR),
SYCAMORE (Ty Sk H R Pook RNR), WILLOW (Ty Lt G
L Fetherstonehaugh
RNVR), all at Hartlepool
Minesweeping
Group 23 -
minesweeping
trawlers BEN DEARG (Sk G W Clarkson RNR),
PICTON CASTLE (Ty Lt H R Allen
RNR), POINTZ CASTLE (Ty Lt F C Newell
RNVR), all at Hartlepool
Minesweeping
Group 41 -
minesweeping
trawlers MILFORD EARL
(Ty Lt J S Neate RNVR), PHINEAS BEARD (Sk W W
McRuvie RNR), TEROMA (Ty Lt W M Morrison RNVR)
repairing to comp 17 Jan, WILLIAM CALE (Ty Sk
C E Gornall RNR), all at Hartlepool
Minesweeping
Group 148 -
minesweeping
trawlers EILEEN DUNCAN
(Ty Lt J W Brown RNR), MAJORIE M HASTIE (Ty Lt
R T Gilling
RNR), both at North Shields
Minesweeping
drifters -
BOY
ALEX (Sk J Morrison RNR), LIZZIE BIRREL (Ty Sk
S E Tate RNR), REFRACTION (Sk J W Howard RNR),
all at Hartlepool
NORE
COMMAND
Adm
the Hon Sir Reginald A R
Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax KCB, DSO
Base
ship, Chatham -
PEMBROKE
Heavy
cruiser -
LONDON
(Capt R M Servaes CBE) at Chatham refitting to
comp 10 Feb
Captain
D, Nore Command
(Capt
T E Halsey DSO)
16th
Destroyer Flotilla -
MACKAY
(Lt Cdr E Adams Rtd) at
Plymouth reboilering to comp in Mar, MONTROSE
(Cdr C R L Parry) at Chatham
repairing to comp Jun, VORTIGERN (Lt Cdr R S
Howlett) arr Sheerness 1 Jan,
WALPOLE (Comm Eng T F Clunn, Lt Cdr J H Eaden
from 14 Mar) at London repairing
to comp in mid Mar, WHITSHED (Lt Cdr W A
Juniper) dep Sheerness 31 Dec for
Scapa Flow, arr 1 Jan, WINDSOR (Lt Cdr G P
Huddart) at Chatham repairing to
comp on 24 Apr, WORCESTER (Lt Cdr E C Coats)
arr Harwich 31 Dec, escort destroyers
COTSWOLD (Lt Cdr P J Knowling) arr Harwich 26
Dec, EGLINTON (Cdr E F V
Dechaineux RAN) arr Harwich 29 Dec, EXMOOR (Lt
Cdr R T Lampard) dep Rosyth 24
Dec, QUORN (Lt Cdr G E Fardell) arr Harwich 27
Dec, SOUTHDOWN (Cdr E R Conder
DSC, G N Loriston-Clarke from 5 Feb) at Scapa
Flow
20th
Destroyer Flotilla
40th
Division
- ICARUS (Lt Cdr C D Maud), INTREPID (Cdr R C
Gordon DSO), both arr Scapa Flow 1 Jan
Destroyers
repairing -
EXPRESS
(Lt Cdr F J Cartwright from 22
Jul 41) to
comp 30 Sep, IMPULSIVE (Lt Cdr W S Thomas DSC)
to comp 5 Jan, both at Humber repairing
21st
Destroyer Flotilla -
CAMPBELL
(Capt C T M Pizey) at
Chatham, VANESSA (Lt Cdr E A Stocker DSC) at
Sheerness, VIVACIOUS (Lt Cdr P A R
Withers, Withers to AVONVALE on 14 Jan,
VIVACIOUS commanded by Lt Cdr R
Alexander on 11 Jul) at Hull repairing until
31 Jul, repairs delayed due to
damage in bombing raids in 1941, escort
destroyers CATTISTOCK (Lt Cdr R A
Ewing) at Chatham repairing to comp 4 Jan,
GARTH (Lt Cdr E H Dyke) arr Rosyth
31 Dec, HOLDERNESS (Lt Cdr D E Holland-Martin
DSC, Cdr F J C Halahan DSC from
31 Jan) arr Harwich 27 Dec, PYTCHLEY (Lt Cdr H
Unwin) at Sheerness
Destroyers
- VERSATILE (Cdr J H Jauncey Rtd)
arr Rosyth 31 Dec, VIMY (Lt Cdr D J B Jewitt)
arr Portsmouth 31 Dec, escort
destroyers HAMBLEDON (Lt (Eng) S J Rutland) at
Chatham repairing to comp 5 May
(Lt Cdr J R Barnes), MENDIP (Lt Cdr G N Rolfe
DSC) at Tyne repairing to comp on
17 Feb
1st
Anti-Submarine Striking Force patrol
sloops MALLARD (Lt H I S White
RNR) at Chatham repairing to comp May,
PINTAIL (Lt J H Atkinson Rtd, Lt J L E
McClintock from 5 Feb) at London
repairing to comp mid Feb, PUFFIN (Lt H
Kirkwood) at Sunderland, SHELDRAKE (Cdr
Hon. V M Wyndham-Quin Rtd E H Hopkinson OBE
from 30 Jan) at Harwich 31 Dec
2nd
Anti-Submarine Striking Force patrol
sloops GUILLEMOT (Lt Cdr H M
Darrell-Brown, Lt W S Donald DSC from 28 Jan)
arr 29 Dec, SHEARWATER (Lt Cdr P
F Powlett, Lt R C Egan from 20 Jan) arr 25
Dec, WIDGEON (Lt Cdr R Frederick)
arr 30 Dec, all arr Harwich
Unallocated
-
escort
destroyers COTTESMORE (Lt Cdr
J C A Ingram) at Clyde,
to dep to work up at Scapa Flow, MEYNELL (Lt Cdr W H Farrington) arr
Scapa
Flow to work up 1 Jan, corvette PRIMULA
(Lt Cdr J H Fuller RNR) arr Harwich 26 Dec
Norwegian
destroyer -
DRAUG
(Lt T Holthe RNorN and
Norwegian crew) at Humber
undergoing refit
Patrol
sloop -
KITTIWAKE
(Lt Cdr K G Tucker OBE RNR) at Sheerness
repairing to comp 18
Jan
Motor
torpedo boat base ships -
BEEHIVE
(Cdr R H McBean DSO, DSC Rtd)
at Felixstowe, MIDGE (Cdr E R Lewis DSO, DSC)
at Yarmouth
1st
Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla - VULCAN
(Lt H B Blinks) arr Portsmouth 26 Dec, MTB.14
(Lt E A Hamilton-Hill Rtd) at
Felixstowe, MTB.18 (SO, Lt J T Mannooch) at
Lowestoft,
MTB.71, MTB.72, both to join on comp of
repairs
4th
Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla - MTB.22
(SO, Lt Cdr A B Cole DSC) at
Harwich, MTB.29 (Lt C A James) at Harwich,
MTB.30 (Ty Lt P McG Corsar RNVR) at
Harwich, MTB.31 (Lt D Jermain) at Felixstowe,
MTB.32 (Lt R A Ellis) arr Harwich 25
Dec, MTB.34 (Lt H L Lloyd) at Harwich, MTB.69,
MTB.70, both to join on comp of repairs.
10th
Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla - MTB.67
(Lt C G Anderson) at Felixstowe,
MTB.68 (Lt D C Souter RNVR) at Glasgow,
MTB.215 (S/Lt R M Rickards RNVR) at
Liverpool, MTB.213 (Lt G L Cotton RNVR),
MTB.214
(Lt Cdr E C Peake, SO 10th MTB Flotilla), both
to join on comp of
repairs, MTB.216, MTB.217, both to join on
comp, 3 Jan and
7 Jan respectively. Then Flotilla allocated to
Commander in Chief, Mediterranean.
Motor
torpedo boats -
MTB.104
at Greenock, MTB.107 at Sheerness, both out of
service.
Sloops
-
LUPIN
(civilian crew) at Portsmouth, Dutch FLORES
(Dutch crew) at
Chatham, GRUNO (Dutch crew) at London
refitting
Minelayers
-
Dutch NAUTILUS at Sheerness,
MEERLANT at Chatham (Dutch crews)
Gunboat
-
LOCUST
(Lt J W Ryland) at Tilbury
repairing to comp 7 Jan
Monitor
-
EREBUS
(Capt H F Nalder) dep Tilbury
21 Dec
Survey
ships
(temporarily
operated by Rear Admiral
Minelaying) - FRANKLIN (Cdr C W Sabine OBE, H
P Price DSO from Feb) at London repairing,
GULNARE (Lt J M
Sharpey-Schafer) at Rosyth, SCOTT (Cdr K St. B
Collins) at Belfast.
6th
Minesweeping Flotilla -
GOSSAMER
(Lt Cdr A D H Jay) arr 2
Jan, HALCYON (Actg Ty Lt Cdr H Harding RNR) at
Middlesbrough repairing to comp
Apr 41, HARRIER (SO, Cdr E P Hinton DSO, MVO)
ar 5 Jan, HUSSAR (Lt Cdr D H P
Gardiner DSC), SPEEDWELL (Cdr F R G Maunsell
Rtd), all but one arr or at
Harwich
Humber
Command
Vice
Adm R V Holt CB, DSO
Base
ship, Grimsby -
BEAVER
(Capt R C Mayne Rtd)
Minelayers
-
PLOVER
(Lt Cdr R H Johnson) at Humber
refitting to comp 18 Jan, TEVIOTBANK (Cdr R D
King-Harman DSO, DSC Rtd) arr
Humber 18 Dec
5th
Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla
(when
formed to consist of MTB.41-MTB.48 inclusive,
based at Yarmouth) - MTB.41 (Lt Cdr J C Cole),
MTB.42 (Lt E G N Bremner), both to join
on comp of repairs, MTB.43 to comp 13 Jan,
MTB.44 on 1 Apr, MTB.45 on 21 May, MTB.46 on
23 Jun, MTB.47 on 8 Jul, MTB.48 on 21 Jul
4th
Minesweeping Flotilla -
minesweepers
ELGIN (Lt Cdr G M Baylay DSC) at Harwich,
FITZROY (Lt Cdr J J
Youngs RNR) at Harwich, NIGER (SO, Cdr R C
Haskett-Smith) at Grimsby repairing defects to
comp 10 Feb, SALAMANDER (Lt Cdr
L J S Ede DSO, Lt Cdr W A Cooke from 22 Jan)
at Grimsby, SELKIRK (Lt Cdr A C A
C Duckworth) at Grimsby refitting to comp 18
Jan, SUTTON (Lt H S Huval) arr
Harwich on 13 Jan
Minesweeping
yacht -
OMBRA
(Capt Minesweeping Humber, Ty
Lt R Barber RNR) at
Humber
Minesweeping
Group 16 -
minesweeping
trawlers ALAFOSS (Sk C Pollard RNR),
LOCH ERIBOL (Ty Sk H W Thurston RNR), LOCH
LEVEN (Sk T Donovan RNR), WELLSBACH (Sk W M
Main RNR), all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 17 -
minesweeping
trawlers KURD (Sk E Smith RNR), LOCH
ALSH (Sk R Ladds RNR) repairing, ST DONATS (Ty
Sk F L A
Atkinson RNR), SOLOMON (Sk Lt W J Runcie RNR
Rtd), all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 18 -
minesweeping
trawlers ALDER (Ty Sk A Banks RNR),
BEECH (Sk W McRuvie RNR), LAUREL (Sk F G
Blockwell RNR), all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 20 -
minesweeping
trawlers ELBURY (Sk W E Patterson
RNR), GOTH (Sk C Sutcliffe RNR), NEGRO (Ty
Skiper H Maunder RNR), all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 21 -
minesweeping
trawlers BRITISH (Sk T Smith RNR),
ERITH (Ty Sk H J May RNR), SEAMIST (Ty Sk J R
Ball RNR), WITHERNSEA (Ty Sk A Garforth RNR),
all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 40 -
minesweeping
trawlers AKRANES (Ty Lt W A C Harvey
RNVR, from
15 Jan), ALMANDINE (Ty Sk S A White RNR),
SANDRINGHAM (no CO listed), all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 110 -
minesweeping
trawlers LUDA LADY (Sk W F Sommers
RNR), REMEXO (Ty Sk J V Earl RNR), WAR DUKE
(Ty Sk H Lead RNR), all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 111 -
minesweeping
trawlers RECONO (Actg Ty Sk S Smith
RNR) at Grimsby repairing
Minesweeping
Group 112 -
minesweeping
trawlers CAYRIAN (Ty Sk G E Yates
RNR), DRUMMER BOY (Ty Sk L Haigh RNR), FAZENTA
(Ty Sk A Osborne RNR), VARANIS (Ty Sk D H Ward
RNR), all at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 113 -
minesweeping
trawlers
BEN MEIDIE (Ty Sk M
D G Ketley RNR) at Grimsby, BRACON DENE (Ty Sk
H Carmichael
RNR) Grimsby, GWENLLIAN (Ty Sk G W Aldan RNR)
Humber, ROYALLIEU (Ty Sk R A Wilson RNR) at
Harwich
Minesweeping
Group 152 -
minesweeping
trawlers AIGLON (French crew),
STRATHBORVE (Ty
Sk A G Taylor RNR), both at
Grimsby
Minesweeping
trawler
(ungrouped)
- D W FITZGERALD (Ty Sk H Forester RNR)
at Grimsby repairing
Minesweeping
drifter -
BENARCHIE
(no CO listed) at Grimsby
Minesweeping
attendant Craft -
motor
attendant craft MAC.6 (ex-MTB.19) at Grimsby
Rescue
tugs -
SABINE
(Ty Lt A A Birnie RNR) at Hull, ST CYRUS (Ty
Lt P Allan RNR) at Grimsby
Hull
Anti-submarine
trawler -
L'ATLANTIQUE
(French crew) at Hull refitting
Yarmouth
Minesweeping
trawler -
CAPE
MELVILLE (Ty Sk G S Peek RNR) at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 10 -
minesweeping
trawlers ARKWRIGHT (Ty Lt A J W Stead
RNVR),
MILFORD PRINCESS (Ty Sk J W Cook RNR), MILFORD
QUEEN (Ty Sk R H Soanes
DSC RNR), all at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 11 -
minesweeping
trawlers CONTENDER (Ty Sk A E Kettless
RNR), IRVANA (Sk J L Borrett RNR), NOGI (Lt
Cdr J N Caris), SOLON (Ty
S/Lt J S Watt RNR), all at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 13 -
minesweeping
trawlers BLIGHTY (Ty Lt H Shaw RNVR),
CHARLES
DORAN (Ty Sk R R Snape RNR), CLOTHILDE (Ty Lt
J D Robinson RNVR), COTSMUIR (Ty Sk W C
M Ayres RNR), all at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 14 -
minesweeping
trawlers CARDIFF CASTLE (Ty Sk G F H
Frosdick RNR), EPINE (Lt G A de La Rue RCNVR),
STAR OF ORKNEY (Sk J Flint RNR), THEIR MERIT
(Ty Sk R W Vann RNR), all at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 15 -
minesweeping
trawlers MADDEN (Ty Sk S Amos RNR),
PRINCESS MARY (Ty Sk C E Parker RNR), TAMORA
(Ty Lt S P Rothon RNVR),
all at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 31 -
minesweeping
trawlers BRACON MOOR (Ty Lt H N
Somerville
RNVR), CARISBROOK (Ty Sk J Moore RNR), CURTANA
(Ty Lt A E Bell RNVR),
GEORGE ROBB (Ty Sk J Ormerod RNR), all at
Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 114 -
minesweeping
trawlers ELSIE CAM (Sk D E Coleman
RNR), LYBIAN (no CO listed), both at
Sheerness, VALESCA (Ty Lt C W S Barnes RNVR)
at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 115 -
minesweeping
trawlers DESIREE (Pbty Sk E L Fiske
RNR) at Sheerness, MARANO (Ty Lt J W G
Price RNR), ORIZABA (no CO listed), both at
Yarmouth
Minesweeping
Group 146 -
minesweeping
trawlers HORTENSIA (Ty S/Lt J K
Turnbull RNVR),
ORPHEUS (Lt C L Carroll RNR), PEKEN (Ty Lt H
McClelland RNVR) damaged, all at Yarmouth
Minesweeping
drifters -
FEASIBLE
(Sk C C Findlay RNR), JUSTIFIER (Ty Sk R R
Russell RNR) repairing, SILVER CREST (Ty Sk A
W
J Burwood RNR), SWIFT WING (Ty Sk R N J Haylett
RNR),
all at Yarmouth
Motor
minesweeper -
MMS.1
at Lowestoft
1st
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.105
at Portland, ML.106 at Yarmouth, ML.107 at
Dartmouth repairing, ML.108, ML.110, both at
Yarmouth
Echo
sounding yacht -
ALICIA
(Ty S/Lt A R Friggens RNVR) at
Humber
Lowestoft
Minesweeping
Group 7 -
minesweeping
trawlers EUCLASE (Ty Sk W W Read RNR),
LOWTHER (Ty Sk F E Mewse RNR), MEWSLADE (Actg
Ty Sk W C Hart RNR), OSAKO (Ty Sk F Burgess
RNR), all at Lowestoft
Minesweeping
Group 8 -
minesweeping
trawlers
BEN BRACHIE (Sk L P
Keable RNR), BEN EARN (Ty Sk W C M Ayres RNR),
BEN ROY (Ty Sk C S Larter RNR), KING EMPEROR
(no CO listed), all
at Lowestoft
Minesweeping
Group 9 -
minesweeping
trawlers
BEN GAIRN (Ty Sk C F
Curtis RNR), CRAIGMILLAR (Sk T W Doddington
RNR), STAR OF PENTLAND (Ty Sk J W Brown RNR),
SUNSPOT (Ty Sk J F Gamble RNR), all at
Lowestoft
Minesweeping
yacht
-
fast motor boat SUNFLOWER IV (no CO
listed) at Lowestoft
Felixstowe
11th
Motor Launch Flotilla
-
to consist of ML.187, ML.188,
ML.189, ML.190, ML.191, ML.192, ML.193, ML.194
on comp
Harwich
1st
Anti-Submarine Group
-
anti-submarine trawlers BASSET (Ty
Lt N S Heriot RNVR) at Southend, SAPPHIRE (SO,
Cdr W Ireland RNR) at Southend, TOURMALINE (Lt
H P
Carse RNVR) at Thames, TURQUOISE (Ty Lt V D H
Bidwell RNR) at Harwich
11th
Anti-Submarine Group
-
anti-submarine trawlers CAPE
PORTLAND (Ty Lt A L Cole RNVR), COVENTRY CITY
(Pbty Ty Lt T A R Muir RNR), LADY PHILOMENA
(Sk A Robinson RNR), LE TIGRE (Ty Lt C A
Hoodless RNR), all at Harwich
18th
Anti-Submarine Group
-
anti-submarine trawlers ELSE RYKENS (SO, Sk W
B Cowie RNR), NEIL MACKAY (Sk A H Buck RNR),
PAUL RYKENS (Sk W C King RNR) at Brightlingsea
refitting, PETER
HENDRIKS (Sk G Bryan RNR), all but one at
Harwich
19th
Anti-Submarine Group
-
anti-submarine trawlers AGATE (Pbty
Ty Lt L H Cline RNR), GREEN FLY (Pbty Ty Lt R
F Pembry
RNR) at Southend, KINGSTON OLIVINE (Lt G
W Gregorie RNR), LORD PLENDER (Ch Sk J M T Brebner
RNR),
all but one at Harwich
Minesweeping
yachts -
LEXA
(Capt Minesweeping, Ty Lt V E
Bowyer DSC RNVR), minesweeping fast motor boat
LONDON PRIDE (no CO listed),
both at Harwich
Danlaying
vessel -
MADELINE
(no CO listed) at Harwich
12th
Minesweeping Flotilla
paddle minesweepers DUCHESS OF FIFE
(Actg Ty Lt Cdr J Anderson RNR) at Hull
refitting, DUCHESS OF ROTHESAY (Ty Lt G W S
Goss
RNVR) at Lowestoft, LORNA DOONE (Ty Lt T W
Sherrin RNVR) at Harwich, MARMION
(Ty Lt D MacFarlane RNR) at Lowestoft, ORIOLE
(Actg Ty Lt Cdr H W C Hyde RNR) at Hull
refitting, PRINCESS
ELIZABETH (Ty Lt C J Carp DSC RNVR) at
Harwich, QUEEN EMPRESS (SO, Actg Cdr K F
Boxall) at Harwich
30th
Minesweeping Flotilla
-
danlaying trawlers SHILA (Ty Sk J R
Walker RNR), SHOVA (Ty Sk F Broadley RNR) at
Wivenhoe, SIGNA (Ty Sk A H
Button RNR), SILVA (SO, Ty Sk C R Tombs RNR),
SPINA (Ty Sk G D Greening RNR), all but one at
Harwich
Minesweeping
Group 4
minesweeping trawlers BERBERIS (Ty
S/Lt T Costley RNVR),
CASWELL (no CO listed), CORENA (Ty Sk A E
Fisher RNR), STELLA LEONIS (Lt T R Walker
RNR), all at Harwich
Minesweeping
Group 5
minesweeping trawlers LORD MELCHETT
(Ty Lt J A Simson DSC
RNVR), STELLA RIGEL (Sk W I Phillips RNR),
both at Harwich
Minesweeping
Group 56
minesweeping trawlers MARCONI (Ty Sk G
Noble RNR) at Lowestoft, STOUR (Ty Sk G H
Smith RNR), TRANIO (Ty Lt A L Gillies RNR),
both at Harwich
Minesweeping
Group 58 -
minesweeping trawlers EDWARD WALMSLEY
(Ty Sk J F Whitley RNR) at Harwich, RED
GAUNTLET (no CO
listed) at Harwich, TEHANA (Ty S/Lt T
Sims-Hilditch RNVR) at Tilbury, THOMAS
LEEDS (Lt Cdr H Hardy RNVR) at Grimsby
Minesweeping
Group 116 -
minesweeping
trawlers CORDELA (Ty Sk A Hales RNR),
EARL KITCHENER (Sk T Smith RNR), RAYMONT (Ty
S/Lt J A Hallsworth
RNVR), WAR WING (Sk W J Foale RNR), all at
Harwich
Minesweeping
Group 117 -
minesweeping
trawlers EARL ESSEX (Sk Lt E C Rose RD
RNR) at Sheerness, EXYAHNE (Ty Sk W A
George RNR) at Harwich, STAUNCH (Sk J
Donaldson
RNR) at Sheerness
Minesweeping
Group 118 -
minesweeping
trawlers ETRUSCAN (Actg Ty Lt E G A
Bell RNVR),
WILLIAM STEPHENS (no CO listed), both at
Harwich
Minesweeping
Group 119 -
minesweeping
trawlers CHARLES VAILLANT (French
crew) at Hull, ROSEMONDE (French crew),
TORNADO
(Ty Sk H A Hodds RNR), both at Harwich
Minesweeping
drifters -
ASCONA
(Sk S Beckett RNR), SILVER SEAS (Ty Sk S
Burrows RNR), both at Harwich
Chatham
Motor
launch training boats -
ML.103
at Chatham, ML.177 Thames ER
Training (note: abbreviation not known),
ML.1024 at Chatham
Sheerness
Minesweeping
yachts -
ARONIA
(Capt Minesweeping, Ty Lt J S
Roe RNVR) at Sheerness, fast motor boat SYLPH
(no CO listed) at Tilbury
repairing
Minesweeping
Group 2 -
minesweeping
trawlers FORCE (Ty Sk S
S Young RNR) repairing, LARCH (Actg Sk A H V
Winfield RNR), both at Sheerness
Minesweeping
Group 3
-
minesweeping trawlers BERNARD SHAW
(Sk W H Thorpe RNR) at Sheerness, EDWARDIAN (Ty Sk J McCann
RNR)
at Ramsgate, MILFORD PRINCE (Actg
Ty Sk E W Goldspink RNR) at Sheerness
Minesweeping
Group 30
-
minesweeping trawlers FIREFLY (Ty
Sk E A Runnquist RNR), PETER CAREY (Sk E G
Catchpole
RNR), ST OLIVE (Ty Sk G W Sherwood RNR),
WINDWARD HO (Ty Sk S Johnson RNR), all at
Sheerness
Minesweeping
Group 120
-
minesweeping trawlers ARCTIC HUNTER
(Cdr J H Young Rtd) at Sheerness, RESOLVO (no
CO listed) at Thames repairing
Minesweeping
Group 121
-
minesweeping trawlers DAROGAH (Ty
Sk J Harrison RNR), FENTONIAN (Sk F P Hamilton
RNR),
NORSE (Ty Sk J T Salter RNR), SUNLIGHT (Sk R
Stephenson RNR) repairing, all at Sheerness
Minesweeping
Group 122
-
minesweeping trawlers AVOLA (Ty Sk
T Meadows RNR) at Harwich, CAPRICORNUS (no CO) beached at Sheerness,
sunk 7 Dec 40,
DELPHINIUS (Ty Sk A V Roberts
RNR) at Sheerness repairing, FORT
ROBERT (Sk J T Ornsby
RNR) at Sheerness
Minesweeping
Group 124 -
minesweeping
tugs SALVO (Ty Sk A H
Simpson RNR), SERVITOR (Lt N L Pickersgill
RCNVR), SHAKO (Actg Sk A Lawrence RNR)
repairing, SOLITAIRE (Ty Sk W C Spilligs
RNR), all at Sheerness
Minesweeping
trawlers
(ungrouped)
- BEN GLAS (Sk G E Craig
RNR)
at Blackwall repairing, EMILION (Ty Sk C Young
RNR) at Sheerness, HEROINE (no CO
listed) at Sheerness, LIBERIA (Ty Sk T F Bunce
RNR) at Humber, WARDOUR (Sk C J Euston RNR) at
Sheerness repairing
Minesweeping
drifters -
BOY
ALAN (Sk E H Crowe DSC RNR), FORERUNNER (Sk S
F Wilson RNR), GIRL NANCY (civilian crew)
repairing, ITCHEN (no CO listed), PLUMER (Ty
Sk J E C Wright RNR), RENASCENT (Sk R E
Hannaford RNR), all at Sheerness
Auxiliary
anti-aircraft Ships -
ARISTOCRAT
(Actg Lt Cdr W E Gelling
RNR) at Rosyth, BALMORAL (Lt Cdr C B
Hoggan RNR) at London, GOLDEN EAGLE (Lt Cdr G
T
Blake RNR Rtd) at Harwich, ROYAL EAGLE (Ty Lt
Cdr E F A Farrow DSC RNR) at Chatham
Dover
Minesweeping
Group 22
-
minesweeping trawlers MOUNT KEEN (Ty Sk C C H
Thomas RNR) at Blackwall repairing, OKU (Ty Sk
W E Burrows RNR) at
Dover
Minesweeping
Group 46
-
minesweeping trawlers ALEXANDRITE
(Ty Sk G D Barker RNR), ANDRADITE (Ty Sk E H
Brooks
RNR), GULFOSS (no CO listed), WATERFLY
(Ch Sk A W Bowles RNR), all at Dover
Minesweeping
Group 50
-
minesweeping trawlers BOTANIC (Sk A
R Lees RNR), BURKE (no CO listed) at Thames
refitting, FYLDEA (Ty Sk W J Tiller
RNR), MARETTA (Sk C Chamberlain RNR), all but
one at Dover
Minesweeping
Group 51
-
minesweeping trawlers ARLEY (Sk A
Duffield RNR), JOHN CATTLING (Sk G R Burwood
RNR), both at Dover
Minesweeping
Group 61
-
minesweeping trawlers ADAM (Ty Sk D Mace RNR)
at Tilbury refitting, BROCK (Actg
Ty Sk A D Menzies RNR) at Dover, LOIS (Ty Sk C
A Evans RNR) at Dover, WIGAN (Lt Cdr J W
Thomson RNR) at Rochester repairing
Minesweeping
Group 125
-
minesweeping trawlers ATHENIAN (Sk
J Cowie RNR), KINGSCOURT (Ty Sk E B Morley
RNR), RONSO (Ty Sk H G Harris RNR), all at
Dover
Minesweeping
Group 126 -
minesweeping
trawlers CLYTHNESS (Ty
Sk W F Salenius DSC RNR), ONETOS (no CO
listed), both at
Dover
Minesweeping
drifter -
PLAYMATES
(Sk G A E Baker RNR) at Dover
Echo
sounding yacht -
CHICO
(Ty S/Lt R C L Greaves RNVR) at Dover
Rescue
tug -
LADY
BRASSEY (no CO listed) at Dover
PORTSMOUTH
COMMAND
Adm
Sir William M James KCB
Light
cruiser -
PENELOPE
(Lt Cdr A M Harris Rtd, Capt
A D Nicholl DSO from 15 Apr) at Tyne repairing
to comp 7 Jul
Seaplane
tender -
PEGASUS
(Capt P G Wodehouse DSO Rtd)
arr Belfast 7 Dec
Destroyer
-
BOADICEA
(Lt Cdr M W Tomkinson from
11 Jan, Cdr E C L Turner Actg from Feb) at
Portsmouth repairing to comp 16 Feb,
comp delayed due to mechanical defects
Sloop
-
BIDEFORD
(Lt Cdr W J Moore RNR) at Portsmouth repairing
to comp 15 Apr
Captain
D,
Portsmouth
(Capt G F Stevens-Guille DSO, OBE)
1st
Destroyer Flotilla
1st
Division - escorts destroyers ATHERSTONE (Lt
Cdr R F Jenks) at Chatham
repairing to comp 11 Jan, BERKELEY (Lt Cdr H G
Walters) at Chatham, CLEVELAND
(Lt Cdr W S Clouston) at Sheerness, FERNIE (Lt
Cdr R M P Jonas DSC) at
Portsmouth, TYNEDALE (Lt Cdr H E F Tweedie) at
Scapa Flow
2nd
Division - destroyer BOREAS (Lt Cdr D H
Maitland-Makgill-Crichton) at London
repairing to comp on 26 Jan, escort destroyer
BLENCATHRA (Cdr H W S Browning)
arr Scapa Flow 29 Dec
Attached
destroyers -
VANOC
(Lt Cdr J G W Deneys) at Portsmouth,
VANSITTART (Lt Cdr R L S Gaisford)
at Plymouth, WITHERINGTON (Lt Cdr J B Palmer)
arr Liverpool 27 Dec
5th
Submarine Flotilla -
shore
establishment DOLPHIN at
Portsmouth, depot ship DWARF (Cdr E S Felton)
at Portsmouth, L.27 (Lt J S
Huddart, Lt H N Edmonds from 11 Jan) at
Portsmouth repairing to comp 11 Jan,
PROTEUS (Lt Cdr I St. G Rich) arr Portsmouth
20 Dec from Mediterranean for
refitting to comp 17 Aug 41, SEAWOLF (Lt P L
Field) arr Dartmouth on 31 Dec for
submarine and anti-submarine training duties,
UNBEATEN (Lt E A Woodward) dep
Barrow 30 Dec for Dartmouth, UNDAUNTED (Lt H R
D'Almaine) arr Clyde 30 Dec
Controlled
minelayers -
M.1
at Portsmouth, mine destruction vessel MDV.2
at Portsmouth
Motor
torpedo boat base ship -
HORNET
(Capt F H P Maurice Rtd) at Portsmouth
3rd
Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla
(Training Flotilla) - MTB.24 (Lt R Parkinson),
MTB.28 (Lt R L Boddy), MTB.100 (Ty Actg Pbty F
L Tomlinson RNVR
note: rank not known), MTB.102 (Ty
Lt A T Lennox-Boyd), all at Portsmouth
6th
Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla
(when
formed to consist of MTB.35-MTB.38,
MTB.57-MTB.60 when comp) - MTB.35-MTB.38 to
comp spring 1941, MTB.57-MTB.60 to comp autumn
1941
Motor
anti-submarine boat
(attached to OSPREY for
instructional purposes) - KALAN dep Holyhead
23 Dec for Ardrishaig
1st
Motor Anti-submarine Boat
Flotilla - MA/SB.1
at
Fowey, MA/SB.4 dep Holyhead 23 Dec for
Ardrishaig, MA/SB.5 (Lt J D Ritchie)
dep Holyhead 23 Dec for Ardrishaig, MA/SB.49
at Dover
4th
Motor Anti-submarine Boat
Flotilla (these
MA/SB's
became MGB's in Jan with same numbers)
10th
Division
- MA/SB.55 (Lt J B R Horne) at Portsmouth
11th
Division
- MA/SB.54 (Lt A J R Foster) at Portsmouth,
MA/SB.56 (Ty Lt H M Cox RNVR), MA/SB.57
(Lt A J T Harris), MA/SB.58 (Lt E M Thorpe,
SO), all at Dartmouth
12th
Division
- MA/SB.53 (Ty S/Lt C A Law RCNVR), MA/SB.59
(Actg S/Lt A D Stairs
RCNVR), MA/SB.60, MA/SB.61 dep 1 Jan, MA/SB.52
repairing, all at or dep Portsmouth
5th
Motor Anti-submarine Boat
Flotilla
(these
MA/SB's became MGB's with the same numbers in
Jan) - MA/SB.16 (Ty Lt R J
Chesney RNVR), MA/SB.17 to work up, MA/SB.18
(Lt A J T Harris) to work up when
comp 22 May, MA/SB.19 to work up when comp 28
Jul, MA/SB.20 to work up when
comp 11 Aug, MA/SB.21 to work up when comp 21
Oct, all at or to Portland
Anti-submarine
experimental ship - sloop
KINGFISHER (Lt F M Graves) at Clyde
Anti-submarine
vessel -
sloop
FOXGLOVE at Portsmouth in dockyard control
Anti-aircraft
Ship -
TYNWALD
(Actg Capt F T Peters DSO,
DSC Rtd from 1 Aug) at Portsmouth fitting out
Vessel
for salvage duties -
minesweeper
TEDWORTH (Lt Cdr C H
Warren MBE Rtd) at Portsmouth
Survey
ship -
CHALLENGER
(Cdr W C Jenks OBE) at London repairing
Tug
-
ST
MARTIN (Lt W Smith) at Greenock
Motor
launch training boat -
ML.101
at Portsmouth
2nd
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.112
at Nore damaged, ML.113 at
Portsmouth, ML.114 at Sheerness, ML.116 at
Portsmouth, ML.117 at Ramsgate,
ML.118 at Gosport repairing, ML.119 at
Portsmouth, ML.120 at Portsmouth
repairing, ML.171 at Chatham damaged
3rd
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.121,
ML.123, ML.126, ML.129,
ML.130, ML.132, ML.134, all at Portsmouth,
ML.135 at Dartmouth
4th
Motor Launch Flotilla
- ML.122, ML.124, ML.125, ML.128
(Norwegian crews), all at Portland
Motor
Launches
- ML.1011 at Dartmouth, ML.1030 at Swansea,
ML.1032 at Dartmouth, ML.1037 at Swansea, all
fitting out
27th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawlers CAPE PALLISER
(Actg Ty Lt D C Hayes RNVR) refitting,
KINGSTON AGATE (Actg Ty S/Lt J B Elmsley
RCNVR), KINGSTON AMBER (Sk J Flett RNR),
KINGSTON CEYLONITE (Ch Sk J S
Garnham RNR), KINGSTON CHRYSOBERYL (Ty Lt J H
Cooper RNVR), all at Portsmouth
Anti-submarine
trawlers
(temporarily assigned from Belfast
Trawler Force) ARCTIC PIONEER (S/Lt N J
Fuller RNVR), CAMBRIDGESHIRE (Ty Lt G
S Woolley RNVR), LORD WAKEFIELD (Lt Cdr M B
Sherwood Rtd), all at Portsmouth
Anti-submarine
trawler
(temporarily assigned from Western
Approaches) - AMBROSE PARE (no CO listed) at
Portsmouth
81st
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
yachts MOLLUSC (Lt Cdr
R H Aldworth Rtd) at Blyth,
RADIANT (Lt Cdr A J Brewster Rtd), RION (Lt
Cdr G R Pretor-Pinney Rtd)
outfitting, STAR OF
INDIA (Cdr S F Russell Rtd)
outfitting,
WILNA (Cdr A D D Smyth Rtd), all at Portsmouth
Anti-submarine
yachts
(temporarily assigned from Falmouth) - MAID
MARION (Capt J C J Soutter
Rtd), VIVA II (Actg Capt M A Blomfield OBE
Rtd), both at Portsmouth
Minesweeping
attendant Craft
MAC.7
(ex-MTB.40) at Portsmouth
Minesweeping
Group 24
minesweeping
trawlers ACACIA (SO, Cdr
R Newman NZRNVR) at Portsmouth, BAY (Lt P
Phillips NZRNVR) at Portsmouth, BIRCH (Lt Cdr
F G Tidswell NZRNVR)
at Portland, DEODAR (Lt Cdr P G Connolly
NZRNVR)
at Portsmouth, PINE (Lt C G Palmer NZRNVR) at
Portland
Minesweeping
Group 25
minesweeping
trawlers ASH (SO, Cdr F E Taylor NZRNVR),
BLACKTHORN (Lt Cdr J G Hilliard NZRNVR),
WALNUT (Lt Cdr G Bridson NZRNVR)
repairing, all at Portsmouth
Minesweeping
Group 29
minesweeping
trawlers DALMATIA (Actg Sk A E Warburton RNR)
at Southampton refitting, DARTHEMA (SO, Lt Cdr
J C
Benson NZRNVR) at Portsmouth, REBOUNDO (no CO
listed) at Southampton, RIGHTO (Ty Lt B P A
Wing RNR) Portsmouth
Minesweeping
Group 55
minesweeping
trawlers CEDAR (S/Lt J P
S Cundell), CYPRESS (SO, Lt Cdr G A Lawson
Rtd), HOLLY
(Ty Lt F Mugford RNR), SYRINGA (Ty Sk W T
Ritchie DSC
RNR) refitting, all at Portsmouth
Minesweeping
trawlers
(ungrouped)
- IJIUN (Sk J J McKenzie RNR) at
Portsmouth, MILFORD DUCHESS (Ty Lt H R P Drane
RNVR) at Portsmouth
repairing, SAWFLY (Ch Sk W T Harwood
RNR) Portland
Minesweeping
Group 127
minesweeping
trawlers AVALANCHE (Cdr
J W D Powell DSC RD RNR) at Portsmouth, CAPE
SPARTEL (Ty Lt J R Grundy
RNR)
at Portsmouth, MAGNOLIA (Ty Lt J F
Foggitt RNVR) at Portsmouth repairing, REGARDO
(S/Lt J H Wolfe RNVR) at
Southampton repairing
Minesweeping
Group 128
minesweeping
trawlers MILFORD KING
(Ty Lt C B Sharp RNR), OUR BAIRNS (Sk J H
Miller
RNR) refitting, both at Portsmouth
Minesweeping
Group 115
(VERNON
experimental trawlers)
minesweeping trawlers REVELLO (Actg Ty Lt Cdr
L C Gilbert RNR) repairing, TOKYO II (S/Lt R J
M
Eden RNVR), both at Portsmouth
Trawlers
(for
disposal) - CHERWELL (Ty Lt B L
Bremridge RNVR), STRATHCOE (no CO listed),
both at Portsmouth
Experimental
minesweeping drifters - B
T B (Sk J MacIver RNR), DORIENTA (Sk W F
Reynolds DSC RNR), FEACO (Lt M Baldock RNVR)
repairing, GOLDEN HARVEST (Sk D M Mein DSC
RNR), all at Portsmouth
Minesweeping
tug
(attached
to VERNON) - SCYTHE (Ty Lt J C Mason RNVR) at
Portsmouth refitting
Echo
Sounding Yacht
(attached
to VERNON) - ESMERALDA (Ty S/Lt C D Callieu
RNVR) at Portsmouth
Minesweeping
drifters -
ARCADY
(Ty Sk E W B Norton RNR) at Cowes repairing,
BOY PAT (Ty Lt Cdr J Polehampton RNR) at
Portsmouth repairing, GILT EDGE (Ty Sk R S
Mills RNR) at Portsmouth
Rescue
tugs -
CAROLINE
MOLLER (Ty Lt J H Kennedy RNR) at Falmouth,
RESOLVE (Ty Lt C R Baker RNR), STALWART (Lt C
B O Shorter RNR Rtd), both at Portsmouth
Portland
Anti-submarine
trawlers
(temporarily assigned from Belfast
Trawler Force) - GRIMSBY TOWN (Lt W C Riley
RNVR) at Portland, LOCH MONTEITH (Ty Lt K W
Richardson
RNVR) at Plymouth
repairing
Anti-submarine
trawler
(temporarily assigned from Western
Approaches) - MANOR (Sk F Oldman RNR) at
Portland
40th
Anti-Submarine Group anti-submarine
trawlers HERTFORDSHIRE
(Cdr J A Shater Rtd), LA NANTAISE (French
crew), OLVINA (Lt Cdr C G Cuthbertson
RNR), all at Portland
89th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
yacht CONQUEROR (Lt
Cdr E M M McCausland Rtd) at Portsmouth
Motor
Launch Training Flotilla -
ML.100
at Portsmouth repairing, ML.102 at Holyhead,
ML.115 at Southampton repairing
Motor
launch training boat -
ML.1029
at Portland
Captain
Minesweeping Yacht -
LEONORA
(no CO listed) at Portland
Minesweeping
Group 49
minesweeping
trawlers COMPUTATOR (Ch
Sk C W H Shearing RNR) at Portland, LADY ENID
(Ty Lt J Aikman RNVR) at Portland
repairing, NEIL SMITH (Ty Lt J D Hoffman RNVR)
at Southampton repairing, T R
FERRENS (Lt L A Hill DSC RNR) at Portland
repairing
Minesweeping
Group 129 minesweeping
trawlers DAMITO (Lt Cdr
J C Benson RNVR) at Portsmouth, LORD IRWIN (Lt
L L Thornton RNR) at Southampton, LEPHRETO (Ty
Lt R G
Robinson RNVR) at Portland, OSTA (Sk G Horner
RNR) at Portland
WESTERN
APPROACHES COMMAND
Adm
Sir Martin E Dunbar-Nasmith VC,
KCB
Depot
ship, Devonport -
DRAKE
Battleship
-
RAMILLIES (Capt A D Read) at Plymouth
refitting to comp 3 Jan
Anti-aircraft
ship
-
AA cruiser CAIRO (Capt P V McLaughlin, Capt I
R H
Black from 14 Jan) at Tyne repairing to comp
21 Jan
Attached
cruisers -
heavy
cruiser EXETER (Capt W N T
Beckett MVO DSO, Capt O L Gordon CB, MVO from
11 Mar 41) at Plymouth repairing
to comp 10 Mar, cruiser FROBISHER (Lt W H
Calverley, Capt J F W Mudford from 13
Jan 42) at Plymouth rearming to comp 13 Feb
42, light cruisers BELFAST
(Commander (Eng) F H Lee, Capt F R Parham from
29 Sep 42) at Plymouth repairing
to comp 3 Nov 42, CARDIFF (Capt P K Enright)
at Tyne repairing to comp 17 Jan,
EMERALD (Capt F C Flynn) at Plymouth about to
comp refit begun in late Oct
5th
Destroyer Flotilla
(Capt Louis Mountbatten) - KELLY
(Mountbatten) dep Scapa Flow 24 Dec
9th
Division - JUPITER (Cdr N V J P Thew) dep
Plymouth 1 Jan for Liverpool, KIPLING (Cdr A
St Clair-Ford) arr Plymouth 27 Dec
10th
Division
- JAGUAR (Lt Cdr J F W Hine) dep Gibraltar 31
Dec, JERSEY (Lt Cdr W
Evershed, Lt Cdr A F Burnell-Nugent from 8
Jan) arr Plymouth 30 Dec, KASHMIR
(Cdr H A King) arr Plymouth 30 Dec
Destroyers
repairing -
JACKAL
(Cdr C L Firth) at Humber
repairing to comp 7 Jan, JAVELIN (Lt (Eng) W B
A Wilkinson) at Devonport
repairing to comp 28 Dec 41 (Cdr G E Fardell
from Oct 41), KELVIN (Cdr J H
Allison DSO) at Plymouth repairing
Captain
D,
Plymouth
(Capt
A H Maxwell-Hyslop AM)
23rd
Destroyer Flotilla -
French
torpedo boats BOUCLIER (CC R R
L Birot from 12 Jan 41) at Plymouth repairing
to comp 7 Jan, LA CORDELIΘRE (Cdr
R W Stirling-Hamilton, SO ) at Portsmouth
repairing, LA FLORE (Lt Cdr J A
Burnett) at Portsmouth repairing, LA MELPOMΘNE
(L V Favreau) arr Plymouth 15
Dec, L'INCOMPRISE (Lt Cdr J D Hayes) at
Portsmouth repairing
Destroyers
(unallocated)
- VOLUNTEER (Lt Cdr N
Lanyon) at Falmouth
repairing to comp 15 Jan, French OURAGAN
(Polish crew) arr Loch Alsh 1 Jan
Destroyers
(ex-American) - BEVERLEY (Cdr E F
Fitzgerald Rtd Lt Cdr J Grant from 28 Jan) dep
Londonderry 31 Dec, BELMONT (Cdr
P J Fitzgerald Rtd) at Cardiff, BRADFORD (Lt
Cdr M T Collier) at Londonderry
with defects, BURNHAM (Lt Cdr J Bostock) at
Belfast repairing to comp 30 Jan,
BURWELL (Lt Cdr S R J Woods RNR) at Plymouth
repairing to comp 14 Jan, BUXTON (Lt Cdr
Earl Beatty Emgcy) at Halifax, CAMERON (Lt P A
B Powell) at Portsmouth badly
damaged in dry dock, salved on 23 Feb 41 for
hull shock tests only,
CHESTERFIELD (Lt Cdr E Gleave RNR) at Chatham
refitting to comp 25 Jan, CHURCHILL (Cdr
G R Cousins DSC) arr Scapa Flow 29 Dec,
HAMILTON (Lt Cdr N V Clark Actg RCNR
from 25 Jun) at St John, NB repairing to comp
6 Jul, LANCASTER (Lt Cdr N H
Whatley) at Portsmouth repairing to comp 11
Jan, LEAMINGTON (Cdr W E Banks DSC,
Lt Cdr H G Bowerman DSC from Feb) arr Scapa
Flow 29 Dec, LEEDS (Lt Cdr W M L
Astwood) at Plymouth refitting to comp 2 Mar,
LEWES (Lt Cdr J N K Knight) at
Plymouth refitting to comp 28 Mar, LINCOLN
(Cdr A M Sheffield, Lt R J Hanson
from Feb) arr Scapa Flow 13 Dec, LUDLOW (Cdr G
B Sayer) at Plymouth refitting
to comp 1 Mar,
continued
-
MANSFIELD (Cdr J F A T Ulstrup, RNN) at
Plymouth refitting to comp 9 Jan,
MONTGOMERY (Cdr H F Nash Rtd) at Scapa Flow,
NEWARK (Lt Cdr R H W Atkins) at St
John, NB, NEWMARKET (Lt Cdr G B O'B Harding)
at St John, N B, NEWPORT (Lt Cdr A
H P Noble) at Belfast with defects, to
Devonport to comp 24 Sep, RAMSEY (Cdr P
G Agnew Rtd) at Plymouth refitting to comp 29
Jan, READING (Cdr R Heathcote) at
Plymouth repairing to comp 8 Mar, RICHMOND (Lt
Cdr A F L Evans) arr Plymouth 31
Dec, RIPLEY (Lt Cdr J A Agnew) arr Plymouth 27
Dec for refit comp 13 Feb,
ROCKINGHAM (Cdr L M Shadwell) at Plymouth
repairing to comp 22 Feb, ROXBOROUGH
(Lt V A Wight-Boycott OBE) arr Plymouth 27
Dec, SALISBURY (Cdr E G A Clifford)
arr Belfast 30 Dec, SHERWOOD (Lt Cdr S W F
Bennetts) at Portsmouth repairing,
in Mar to Devonport, comp 8 Apr, STANLEY (Lt
Cdr R B Stannard, VC RNR) at Belfast with
defects, WELLS (Lt
Cdr E J Lee) at St John, NB repairing to comp
30 Jan, Canadian NIAGARA (A/Cdr E
L Armstrong Rtd) at Plymouth repairing to 4
Apr, ST CLAIR (Lt Cdr D C Wallace
RCNR) at Clyde
Anti-submarine
trawlers
(temporarily assigned from
Ardrossan) - JASPER (Ty Lt G T S Clampitt
RNR), LINCOLNSHIRE (Lt Cdr W K Buckley RNVR),
LORD
ESSENDEN (Pbty Ty S/Lt M R Thwaites RNVR), all
at Plymouth
9th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
trawler KINGSTON
ANDALUSITE (Ch Sk S Hearne RNR) at Brixham
Anti-submarine
trawlers -
JEAN
FREDERICK (French crew) at Plymouth, MANOR (Sk
F Oldman RNR) at Portland, NOTRE DAME DE
FRANCE (French crew) at Plymouth
Minesweeping
Group 28 -
minesweeping
trawlers CONCERTATOR (Sk
G V Abernethey DSC RNR), LOCH BUIE (Ch Sk I
Parkinson DSC, RD RNR) repairing, both at
Plymouth
Minesweeping
Group 52 -
minesweeping
trawlers BRECON CASTLE
(Ch Sk F Armitage RNR) at Plymouth, DORINDA
(Ch Sk J S Higgs DSC, RD RNR Rtd) at
Dartmouth, RADNOR CASTLE (Lt
Cdr C E Duggan RNR) at Plymouth
Minesweeping
Group 53 -
minesweeping
trawlers BEN URIE (Ty Sk G Abram RNR),
BILSDEAN (Ty Sk W J Buley RNR), TREVO TERCEIRO
(Sk W J Wilcox RNR) at Falmouth, WILLIAM
MANNEL (Sk H J
Meyer RNR), all but one at Plymouth
Minesweeping
Group 130 -
minesweeping
trawlers BERVIE BRAES
(Sk Lt L Lake RNR Rtd) at
Falmouth, LORD GREY (Ty Sk W J
Kaye RNR) at Plymouth repairing, LUDA LORD (Ty
Sk F G w. Banks RNR) at Falmouth refitting
Minesweeping
Group 131 -
minesweeping
trawlers ASAMA (no CO
listed), ST MELANTE (Ty Sk W H Winter RNR),
both at Plymouth
Minesweeping
Group 139 -
minesweeping
trawler SHERA (Ty Lt R N
Simonsen RNR) at Falmouth
Minesweeping
Group 144 -
minesweeping
trawlers HATSUSE (Sk G
Stewart RNR), SASEBO (Ty Lt C J Johansen RNR),
both at Plymouth
Minesweeping
Group 150
minesweeping
trawlers MONIQUE ANDREE
(French crew), SWANSEA CASTLE (Ty Sk J Brash
RNR), both at Liverpool
Minesweeping
trawler
(ungrouped) - EDEN
(no CO listed) at Plymouth
7th
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.153
at Horning, Norfolk Broads, ML.157 at
Dartmouth, ML.159 at Dartmouth,
ML.160 at Clyde, ML.155, ML.156, ML.158,
ML.161 to join on comp.
Motor
launch training boats -
ML.104
at Brixham, ML.1039 at Plymouth
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
Dartmouth
Anti-submarine
vessels
(former
Belfast Trawler Force) -
anti-submarine trawlers CAPE COMORIN (Ty Lt G
V Doubleday RNVR) at Portsmouth,
CORNELIAN (Pbty Ty Lt H F Hayes RNVR) at
Plymouth, LORD HAILSHAM (Ty Lt A
Rosling RNVR) at Plymouth, LORD SNOWDON (Sk G
Mc K Sutherland RNR) at Plymouth, LORD
STANHOPE (Lt Cdr
T A O Ellis RNR) at Plymouth, LORD STONEHAVEN (Lt Cdr H Rowe
RNR)
at Plymouth, PEARL (Pbty Lt G
Pemberton RNR) at Plymouth, RUBY (Ty Lt R P Chapman
RNR)
at Dartmouth, ST CATHAN (Pbty Ty Lt
F Twomey RNR) at Dartmouth, VICTRIX (Ty Lt R R
Taylor RNR) at Dartmouth
Falmouth
83rd
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
yachts MAID MARION
(Capt J C J Soutter Rtd), VIVA II (Actg Capt M
A Blomfield OBE Rtd), both at
Portsmouth
Minesweeping
Group 57 -
minesweeping
trawlers OCEAN VIEW (Ty
Sk G W Mileham RNR), ROCHEBONNE (Ch Sk W R Settlefield
RNR)
at Plymouth, SIR JOHN LISTER (Sk W
Jappy RNR), TRANQUIL (Ty Sk J Enevoldsen RNR),
all but one at Falmouth
Minesweeping
Group 119 -
minesweeping
trawler MOONRISE (Sk E G
Gibbs RNR) at Plymouth
10th
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.179,
ML.180, ML.181, ML.182,
ML.183, ML.184, ML.185, ML.186 when comp
Rescue
tug -
ZWARTE
ZEE (no CO listed) at Falmouth repairing
WALES
Swansea
86th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
yachts HINIESTA (Cdr H
H Horley RNR Rtd) at Swansea, MIGRANTE (Lt Cdr
E G Ball Rtd) at
Swansea, ORACLE (Cdr T C C Bolsten DSC Rtd)
at Cardiff, TORRENT (Cdr M W Noel Rtd) at
Bowling refitting
Minesweeping
trawlers
(ungrouped)
- COMMILES (Ty Lt W F Watson RNR),
DARNETT NESS (Pbty Ty S/Lt J G
Wood DSM RNVR), both at Swansea
Minesweeping
Group 132 -
minesweeping
trawlers COURTIER (Ty Lt
G Ashton DSC RNVR) at Milford Haven repairing,
ERIMO (Sk T Catchpole RNR) at Swansea,
GEORGETTE (Sk S Duffield RNR) at Milford
Haven, INVERFORTH (Ty Sk
H J Self RNR) at Swansea
Minesweeping
Group 133 -
minesweeping
trawlers AKITA (Actg Sk J Goodman RNR), TEWARA
(Skippr J Smith DSC RNR), both at Swansea
Minesweeping
Group 135 -
minesweeping
trawlers SILJA (Ty Sk J
W Fry RNR), SOUTHERN CHIEF (Sk H C Bidle RNR)
at Milford Haven, SUMBA (Sk J S
James RNR), SVEGNA (Ty Lt F P Maitland RNVR),
all but one at Swansea
Minesweeping
Group 147 -
minesweeping
trawlers GASTON RIVIERE
(French crew), PERDRANT (French crew) at
Fishguard, ROCHE VELEN (French crew),
ROSETTE (Ty Sk F D E Mills RNR), all but one
at Swansea
Minesweeping
drifters -
ALCOR
(Ty Sk A Chipperfield RNR), PARAMOUNT (Sk C E
Blowers RNR), both at Swansea
Milford
Haven
8th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
trawlers DERBY COUNTY (Sk W J P Soloman RNR),
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (Lt Cdr J G C Gibson Rtd),
LEEDS UNITED (Lt Cdr H L Williams RNVR), YORK
CITY (Sk W Tucker RNR), all at Milford Haven
11th
Minesweeping Flotilla -
paddle
minesweepers GOATFELL Pbty Ty
Lt J H Berry RNR), HELVELLYN (Ty Lt P D Baker RNVR), JEANIE DEANS ( SO )
repairing,
SCAWFELL (Actg Ty Lt Cdr J McLinden
RNR),
all at Milford Haven
Minesweeping
Group 26 -
minesweeping
trawlers ALMOND (no CO
listed) at Milford Haven, FIR (Actg Ty Sk A
Wood RNR) at Falmouth, MANGROVE (Ty Lt F J S
Crawford
RNVR) at Milford Haven, OLIVE (Ty Lt R Turner
RNVR) at Milford Haven, ROWAN (Ty
Lt R O Moore RNVR) at Falmouth
Minesweeping
Group 64
minesweeping
trawlers ANDYK,
BLOEMENDAAL repairing, MARIA R OMMERING,
ROTTERDAM (Dutch crews), all at Milford Haven
Minesweeping
drifter -
HOSANNA
(Pbty Ty Sk F S Johnson RNR) at Milford Haven
8th
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.162,
ML.165, ML.168, all at
Milford Haven, ML.163, ML.164, ML.166, ML.167
to join on comp
Harbour
tugs -
GONDIA
(no CO listed), JAVA (Lt Cdr K
M Drake RNR), both at Milford Haven
RAF
Rescue Service -
motor
anti-submarine boats MA/SB.8,
MA/SB.12, both at Milford Haven
Rescue
tugs -
GOLIATH,
SEINE (no COs listed), both at Milford Haven
Holyhead
Anti-submarine
yacht -
LADY
BLANCHE (Ty Lt M J Rowlands
RNVR) at Holyhead refitting
Minesweeping
Group 66 -
minesweeping
trawler ALMA, BERGEN, DIRKJE, EVELINE, EWALD
(Dutch
crews) all at Holyhead
Minesweeping
Group 67 -
minesweeping
trawlers CLAESJE,
JACQUELINE CLASINE, NOORDVAARDER at Milford
Haven, UIVER, YMUIDEN (Dutch
crews), all but one at Holyhead
5th
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.137
at Dartmouth, ML.138 at
Dartmouth, ML.139 at Dartmouth, ML.141 at
Brixham, ML.142 at Hamble, ML.144 at
Portsmouth, ML.140, ML.143 to join on comp
Rescue
tug -
AMSTERDAM
(no CO listed) Holyhead
NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Liverpool
Captain
D,
Liverpool
(Capt
E B K Stevens DSO, DSC)
5th
Escort Group -
destroyers
CALDWELL (Lt Cdr E M
Mackey DSC RNR) dep Liverpool 29 Dec, WALKER (Lt Cdr A A Tait, Cdr D G F
W MacIntyre
DSO from Feb) at Cardiff repairing, WESTCOTT
(Lt Cdr W F R Segrave, Cdr I H
Bockett-Pugh from Feb) dep Londonderry 30 Dec,
WIVERN (Cdr M D C Meyrick) at
Liverpool repairing to comp 14 Jan, corvettes
BLUEBELL (Lt Cdr R E Sherwood RNR)
dep Liverpool 29 Dec, CANDYTUFT (Lt
Cdr F B Collinson RNR Rtd) dep Liverpool 29
Dec, HONEYSUCKLE (Lt Cdr G W Gregorie
RNR) arr Liverpool 23 Dec
6th
Escort Group -
destroyer
BRIGHTON (Cdr C W V T S
Lepper Rtd) arr Portland 27 Dec, CHELSEA (Lt
Cdr R D H S Pankhurst) at
Liverpool repairing to comp 17 Jan, VERITY
(Cdr R H Mills) at Londonderry
repairing to comp 6 Jan, then to Belfast to
comp repairs on 5 Mar, VETERAN (Cdr
W T Couchman OBE) arr Londonderry 27 Dec with
damage, WOLVERINE (Lt Cdr J M
Rowland) arr Liverpool 27 Dec, corvettes
ARBUTUS (Lt Cdr H Lloyd-Williams RNVR)
dep Liverpool 1 Jan, CAMELIA (Lt Cdr A E
Willmott RNR) arr Liverpool 27 Dec, COLUMBINE
(Lt
L A Sayers RNR) arr Lyness 28 Dec with damage, DELPHINIUM (Cdr R L
Spalding Rtd) arr
Liverpool 25 Dec, PRIMROSE (Lt Cdr C B Sanders
RNVR) at Tyne refitting
7th
Escort Group -
destroyers
CAMPBELTOWN (Lt I W T
Beloe) at Liverpool repairing damage to comp
28 Mar, CLARE (Lt Cdr C Gwinner)
at Portsmouth refitting to comp 28 Jan,
WANDERER (Cdr A F St G Orphen) at
Liverpool refitting to comp 21 Jan, WARWICK
(Lt Cdr M A G Child) at Liverpool
repairing until 9 Mar 42, WILD SWAN (Lt Cdr C
E L Sclater) arr Liverpool 29
Dec, WITCH (Lt Cdr J R Barnes) arr Liverpool
27 Dec, corvettes CAMPANULA (Lt
Cdr R V E Case DSC RNR) arr Liverpool 29 Dec,
FLEUR DE LYS (Cdr E H Hopkinson OBE
Rtd) arr Liverpool 29 Dec, GARDENIA (Lt Cdr H
Hill RNR) arr Liverpool 29 Dec, NASTURTIUM
(Lt Cdr J F C Bartley RNR) at Cardiff
repairing to comp 31 Jan, PERIWINKLE (Lt Cdr P
G MacIver RNR) arr Liverpool 26 Dec
8th
Escort Group -
destroyers
CASTLETON (Cdr F H E
Skyrme Rtd) at Portsmouth repairing to comp 22
Feb, VANQUISHER (Lt A P W
Northey DSC, Cdr N V Dickinson DSC from Feb)
arr Liverpool 28 Dec, VISCOUNT (Lt
Cdr M S Townsend OBE, DSC) dep Londonderry 30
Dec, WHITEHALL (Lt Cdr A B
Russell) arr Liverpool 28 Dec, WINCHELSEA (Lt
Cdr W A F Hawkins DSC) arr
Liverpool 28 Dec, corvettes GENTIAN (Lt Cdr R
O Yeomans RD RNR) dep Liverpool 26 Dec,
HIBISCUS (Lt
Cdr C G Cuthbertson DSC RNR) arr Tilbury 31
Dec, RHODODENDRON (Lt Cdr W N M Faichney RNR)
dep Liverpool 26 Dec
9th
Escort Group
destroyers
HARVESTER (Lt Cdr M
Thornton DSC) dep Londonderry 25 Dec, HAVELOCK
(Cdr E H Thomas) at Tyne
refitting to comp 20 Jan, HESPERUS (Cdr D G F
W MacIntyre, Lt Cdr A A Tait from
14 Feb) at Liverpool repairing to comp 10 Jan,
HIGHLANDER (Cdr W A Dallmeyer, Cdr
S Boucher from 14 Jan) dep Londonderry 25 Dec,
HURRICANE (Lt Cdr H C Simms) at
Liverpool repairing to comp 27 Jan,
Liverpool
Sloop Division -
sloops
ABERDEEN (Cdr B J de St Croix)
arr Liverpool 26 Dec, DEPTFORD (Lt Cdr G A
Thring DSO) arr Liverpool 23 Dec,
ENCHANTRESS (Lt Cdr A E T Christie) at London
repairing to comp mid Jan,
FOLKESTONE (Lt Cdr C F H Churchill) dep Clyde
29 Dec, LEITH (Cdr R C Allen) dep
Gibraltar 29 Dec, ROCHESTER (Cdr G F Renwick)
Lt Cdr C B Allen from 16 Jan) arr
Liverpool 29 Dec, SANDWICH (Lt Cdr R C
Gervers) at Tilbury repairing,
SCARBOROUGH (Cdr N V Dickinson) Lt A P W
Northey DSC from 22 Mar) dep Liverpool
28 Dec, WELLINGTON (Cdr I H Bockett-Pugh) arr
Liverpool 31 Dec
Destroyers
(unallocated)
- VENOMOUS (Cdr H P Henderson DSO) dep
Clyde 29 Dec, WATCHMAN (Lt Cdr E C L Day)
arr Greenock 24 Dec
Corvettes
(unallocated)
- FREESIA (Ty Lt L J Simpson RNR) at
Greenock, HYDRANGEA (Lt J E
Woolfenden RNR) at Glasgow, KINGCUP (Lt R A D Cambridge
RNR)
at Belfast, LARKSPUR (Lt S C B
Hickman RNR) at Paisley, PIMPERNEL (Lt F H
Thornton RNR) at Belfast, SNAPDRAGON (Lt Cdr E
C
Hulton) arr Harwich 30 Dec, TULIP (Lt Cdr A
Wilkinson RNR) at Cardiff repairing, VERBENA
(Lt
Cdr D A Rayner DSC RNVR) arr Tobermory 23 Dec
88th
Anti-Submarine Group -
anti-submarine
yachts ALTAIR (Cdr D H
Rainier) at Liverpool repairing, EVADNE (Lt
Cdr T C
Bowstead Rtd), VIRGINIA (Cdr S H S Moxly Rtd),
ZAZA (Cdr W H Austin RNR Rtd), all but one at
Birkenhead
Anti-submarine
trawler -
KINGSTON
CHRYSOLITE (Ty Lt R L Green
RNVR) dep Gibraltar 29 Dec for Liverpool
Fast
minesweeper -
JAN
VAN GELDER (Dutch crew) at Liverpool
Minesweeping
trawlers
(ungrouped)
- DOON (Ty Lt J V Bullen RNVR), HORNBEAM
(Ty Lt A G Mathews RNVR), both at Birkenhead,
RICHARD CROFT (Ty Sk R H Maulkinson
RNR) at Holyhead
Minesweeping
Group 136 -
minesweeping
trawlers RELONZO (Ty Sk
A E Slater RNR), RESTRIVO (Ty Lt L H Hill RNVR), RUNSWICK BAY (Ty S/Lt S
Sparrow
RNVR), SATA (Ty Sk Tomlinson
RNR), all at Birkenhead
Minesweeping
Group 138 -
minesweeping
trawlers AGNES WICKFIELD
(Actg Lt Cdr H I McIver RNVR), CADORNA (Sk Lt
E C Rowe RNR), DARWEN (Ty Lt T H Howarth
RNVR),
all at Birkenhead, THE ROMAN (Sk Lt A Girling
RNR Rtd) at Holyhead
Minesweeping
Group 149 -
minesweeping
trawlers ANTIOCH II, NAZARETH (French crews),
both at Birkenhead
Minesweeping
Trawlers
(ungrouped)
EBOR WYKE (Actg Ty Sk T E Olgeirsson,
RRN), VARANGA (Ty Lt G C
Crowley RNVR) both at Liverpool refitting
Minesweeping
drifter
- OCEAN VIM (Ty Sk W E Nightingale RNR) at
Birkenhead
Barrow
Minesweeping
Group 65 -
minesweeping
trawlers CAROLINE,
GERBERDINA JOHANNA, HERCULES, LIBRA, VIKING
BANK (Dutch crews), all at Barrow
SCOTLAND
Greenock
Vice
Adm B C Watson CB, DSO Rtd
Base
ship -
ORLANDO
Captain
D,
Greenock (Capt D K Bain)
3rd
Escort Group -
destroyers
AMAZON (Lt Cdr N E G
Roper) dep Clyde 30 Dec, AMBUSCADE (Lt Cdr R A
Fell) dep Greenock 30 Dec, ARROW
(Cdr H W Williams, A J Baker-Creswell from 8
Jan, R E Hyde Smith from Feb) at
Clyde repairing to comp 4 Jan, Polish
destroyers BLYSKAWICA at Greenock
repairing to comp 7 Jan, BURZA (Cdr Janowi
Tchorznickiemu, from 22 Jan Cdr
Zbigniew Wojewodzki) at Clyde repairing to
comp 27 Jan, French sloop CHEVREUIL
(L V Fourlinnie) at Clyde, corvettes CROCUS
(Lt Cdr E Wheeler RNR) arr Liverpool 28 Dec
with damage,
HEARTSEASE (Lt Cdr F B Proudfoot Rtd) dep
Clyde 29 Dec, HOLLYHOCK (Lt T E
Davies OBE RNR) dep Greenock 29 Dec, MARGUERITE (Lt Cdr A N Blundell
RNR)
dep Clyde 30 Dec
4th
Escort Group -
destroyers
ACHATES (Lt Cdr Viscount
Jocelyn) at Clyde repairing to comp 31 Jan,
ACTIVE (Cdr E C L Turner, M W
Tomkinson from Feb) arr Greenock 1 Jan,
ANTELOPE (Lt Cdr R T White DSO) arr
Greenock 1 Jan, ANTHONY (Lt Cdr V C F Clark, J
M Hodges from 25 Feb) dep Govan
31 Dec, GEORGETOWN (Lt Cdr A G Poe) arr
Greenock 1 Jan, corvette COREOPSIS (Lt
Cdr A H Davis RNVR) at Tyne repairing, HEATHER
(Lt Cdr J G C Gibson Rtd) arr
Greenock 1 Jan, ORCHIS (Lt A D White RNR) arr
Tobermory 28 Dec, PICOTEE (Lt
Cdr N V H Scallan RNR) arr Greenock 1 Jan
10th
Escort Group -
Canadian
destroyers OTTAWA (Cdr E R
Mainguy RCN) dep Liverpool 29 Dec, SAGUENAY
(Cdr
G R Miles RCN) at Barrow repairing to comp 22 May, ST LAURENT (Cdr H G
De Wolf RCN)
at Clyde repairing to comp 5 Jan,
SKEENA (Lt Cdr J C Hibbard RCN) at Hartlepool
comp 10 Jan, Polish destroyers GARLAND (Cdr
K Namiensniowski ORP) dep Greenock 30 Dec,
Polish destroyer PIORUN (Polish
crew) at Scapa Flow to work up 29 Dec
11th
Escort Group -
destroyers
BROADWATER (Cdr C L De H
Bell RD RNR) at Cardiff repairing to comp 31
Jan, BROADWAY
(Lt Cdr T Taylor) repairing at Hull to comp 7
Jan, French LΙOPARD (C C J
Evenou) dep Clyde 31 Dec, LE TRIOMPHANT (C F P
M J R
Auboyneau) repairing at Clyde to comp 11 Jan
Destroyer
-
LEGION (Cdr R F Jessel) at Clyde working
up
Corvettes
(unallocated)
-
AUBRETIA (Lt Cdr V F Smith RNR) arr
Tobermory 25 Dec, ERICA (Lt Cdr W C Riley
RNR) arr Liverpool 27 Dec, HEPATICA (Lt
C Copelin RCNR) dep Halifax for England 20
Dec, TRILLIUM (Lt Cdr R F Harris DSC
RCNVR) arr Clyde 20 Dec, WINDFLOWER (A/Lt Cdr
J H S MacDonald RCNR) arr Clyde 20
Dec
Escort
vessels -
anti-submarine
yachts PHILANTE (Capt
H S Bowlby Rtd) at Clyde,
TROUBADOUR (Cdr D H Milward DSC RNR Rtd) at
Greenock
Anti-submarine
duties under Capt S.2
- French
sloop LA
CAPRICIEUSE (Lt Cdr S A Jones RNR) at Clyde
Rescue
tugs -
ENGLISHMAN
(no CO listed) at Greenock, MARAUDER (Ty Lt W
J Hammond RNR) at Aberdeen repairing,
MASTADONTE (French crew)
at Greenock, SALVONIA (Ty Lt G M M Robinson
RNR) at Campbeltown, SCHELDE (Dutch
crew) at Campbeltown, SEA GIANT (Ty Lt (E) J H
Clark RNR) at Tyne repairing, SEAMAN (no CO
listed),
SUPERMAN (no CO listed)
Motor
anti-submarine boat
accommodation ship -
French
sloop BELFORT
(Ty Lt C G Tamur RNVR) at Falmouth
Motor
anti-submarine boat training
boats - MA/SB.14
(Ty
S/Lt A P Constantine RNVR), MA/SB.15 (Lt A H
Gott RANVR), both at Fort William
3rd
Motor Anti-Submarine Boat
Flotilla - MA/SB.41
at
Hythe, MA/SB.40 (Lt D D MacFarlane) at Fowey,
MA/SB.42 (S/Lt C W Robinson)
at Fowey, MA/SB.43 (S/Lt I R Griffins) at
Dartmouth, MA/SB.46 at Fowey,
MA/SB.47 at Dartmouth, MA/SB.50 at Dartmouth,
MA/SB.51 at Fowey repairing with
defects, Polish S.1 (ex-motor anti-submarine
boat MA/SB.48, Polish crew) at
Portland, S.2 (ex-MA/SB.44, Polish crew) at
Fowey repairing to comp 21 Jan, S.3
(ex-MA/SB.45, Polish crew) at Portsmouth
repairing to comp in Feb
Motor
anti-submarine boats -
MA/SB.69,
MA/SB.70, MA/SB.71, all at Clyde.
Anti-submarine
vessel
sloop
ROSEMARY (Lt Cdr R C D Grimes)
arr Milford Haven 29 Dec
Anti-aircraft
Ship -
ULSTER
QUEEN (Actg Capt D S McGrath from 24
Jun 41) at Belfast fitting out
Minelayer
-
ADVENTURE
(Capt N V Grace) at Milford Haven
Controlled
minelayer
M.4
at Liverpool
Dutch
depot ship -
STUYVESANT
(Dutch crew) at Holyhead
Dutch
Torpedo Boat Flotilla -
G.13,
G.15, both at Belfast, Z.7 at Holyhead, to pay
off at Portsmouth (all Dutch crews)
Patrol
vessel -
patrol
sloop PC.74 (Actg Cdr C E H
White DSO Rtd) at Falmouth repairing to comp
12 Jan
Cable
ships -
ARIEL
(no CO listed) at Scapa Flow, KILMUN (Capt H C
Pellow Rtd) at
Portsmouth, LASSO (Capt H C B Pipon Rtd) at
Scapa Flow.
Seaplane
carriers -
ATHENE
(Cdr R W Jones RD RNR from 26 Aug) at Greenock
under construction, ENGADINE (Cdr W T
Fitzgerald RD RNR from 1 Oct) at Dumbarton
under
construction
Ardrossan
29th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawlers LINCOLNSHIRE
(Lt Cdr W K Buckley RNVR) at Plymouth, LORD
AUSTIN (Ty Lt G Butchers RNVR) at
Ardrossan, LORD ESSENDEN (SO, Pbty Ty S/Lt M R
Thwaites RNVR) at Plymouth, LORD
MIDDLETON (Sk E Mutton RNR) at Ardrossan, LORD
NUFFIELD (Sk D E S Mair
RNR) at Ardrossan, VIVIANA (Sk G L
Olesen RNR) at Ardrossan
3rd
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawler JASPER at Plymouth
82nd
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
yachts AARLA (SO, Cdr
L V Lloyd Rtd), ALICE (Lt Cdr R E S Hugonin
Rtd) refitting, COILA (Emer Lt Cdr
M O W Miller), GLEN STRATHALLAN (Cdr H G
Gorton Rtd), all at Ardrossan
9th
Motor Launch Flotilla
-
to consist of ML.169, ML.170,
ML.172, ML.173, ML.174, ML.175, ML.176, ML.178
Minesweeping
Group 37
minesweeping
trawlers CERESIO (Ty Sk
J Inglis RNR), GUNNER (Sk A Cowie RNR), OHM
(no CO listed), THOMAS ALTOFT
(Sk T H W Lowery DSC RNR) repairing, all at
Ardrossan
Minesweeping
Group 57
minesweeping
trawlers GREEN HOWARD
(Ty Lt J E Cameron RNR), HATANO (Sk Lt P
Cormack
RNR), both at Ardrossan
Minesweeping
Group 141
minesweeping
trawler DOMINE (no CO
listed) at Oban, SIRRA (Ty S/Lt (E) S Sorensen
RNR), SLUGA (Ty Sk J Bowie RNR), both at
Ardrossan
Minesweeping
Group 145
minesweeping
trawlers ANDRE ET LOUISE
(French crew), BEN HEILEM (Sk J Cookson
RNR)
both at Oban,
BEN BREAC (Ty Sk F W Boulton RNR) at Ardrossan
Minesweeping
trawler
(ungrouped)
- HAV (Ty Sk H Dudley RNR) refitting at
Clyde
Minesweeping
drifters -
ELOQUENT
(Ty Sk H A Parker RNR) refitting, GOLDEN
EFFORT (Sk F C
Stephen RNR), GOWAN CRAIG (Ty S/Lt R N W Smith
RNVR), RIME (Sk A Smith RNR), TROUP HEAD (Sk A
B C Bruce
RNR), all at Ardrossan
Rescue
tug -
ASSURANCE
(Ty Lt (E) L S Woodhouse
RNR) at Liverpool repairing
Campbeltown
39th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
whalers TERJE I (Sk C
Coultas RNR), TERJE II (Ch Sk S G Jinks RNR),
TERJE III (Sk J H D Dansic RNR), TOPAZE (Lt
Cdr J N Hambley MBE),
all at Campbeltown
84th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
yachts CARINA (Lt Cdr
A C G Jolly Rtd), LADY SHAHRAZAD (Lt Cdr D S
Hore-Lacy Rtd), SHEMARA (Cdr H
Buckle Rtd), all at Campbeltown, TUSCARORA (Lt
Cdr N T B Holt Rtd) at Clyde,
VALENA (Lt Cdr A F C Gray RNR) at Govan
Rescue
tugs -
PRUDENT
(no CO listed) at Liverpool repairing, RESTIVE
(Ty Lt (E) D M
Richards RNR) at Glasgow, TENACITY (Ty Lt
(Eng) H L Kerkess
RNR), THAMES (Dutch crew), both at Campbeltown
NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast
Belfast Anti-submarine Trawler Force
Division
I (for WN/EN convoys) -
anti-submarine
trawlers ANGLE (Pbty
Ty R Wolfenden RNR), ARAB (Lt Cdr R B Stannard VC
RNR),
both at Greenock, ARCTIC EXPLORER
(Sk C L Buchan RNR), BERKSHIRE (Lt A D White
RNR),
BLACKFLY (Lt Cdr J I Miller DSO
RNR), CAPE ARGONA (Lt Cdr A H Davies
RNR), CAPE MARIATO (Ty Lt H T S Clouston
RNVR), DRANGEY (Lt S C B Hickman RNR),
ELLESMERE (Lt H Roach RNR), FANDANGO (Ty Lt G
E Mabbott RNVR),
FOXTROT (Ty Lt S R Smith RNR), GAVOTTE (Actg
Lt G H Smith RCNVR), HORNPIPE (Ty Lt J R
Symon RNR), HUGH WALPOLE (Pbty Ty S/Lt J
Mackenzie RNR), INDIAN
STAR (Pbty Ty Lt D Bates
RNR), KING SOL (Actg Lt G F Shove RCNVR), LADY
ELSA
(Ty Lt S G Phillips RNVR), LADY ROSEMARY (Pbty
Ty Lt G H Oldridge RNR), all but first two at
Belfast,
continued
-
MORRIS DANCE (Lt A Bruce RCNVR), NOTTS COUNTY
(Ty Lt R Thorne RNVR), PAYNTER
(Pbty Ty Lt F Ardern RNR), PENTLAND FIRTH (Sk
H C Aisthorpe
RNR), PIOUETTE (Ty Lt E R Pate RNR), RUMBA
(Pbty Ty Lt N E Hendy RNVR),
ST LOMAN (Ty S/Lt R C Warwick DSC RNR) at
Aberdeen repairing, SALTERELO
(Ty Lt W R Seward RNVR) refitting, SOUTHERN
GEM (Ty Lt C E Denne RNVR), SOUTHERN
PRIDE (Ty Lt B O Babb RNVR), SPHENE (Ch Sk W J
J Tucker RNR), SPURS (Ty Lt F J Maclaine
RNVR),
STELLA CAPELLA (Ty Lt A L W Warren RNR),
STELLA POLARIS (Sk Lt S J Ward
DSC, RD RNR) at Greenock, ULLSWATER (Ty Lt N B
C
Ross RNR), all but two at Belfast
Londonderry
Escort Groups -
anti-submarine
trawlers AYRSHIRE
(Actg Ty Lt R W H Elsden RNR), MAN O' WAR
(Pbty Ty Lt W W Creber
RNR), NORTHERN DAWN (Lt H E Sowerby
RNVR), NORTHERN GEM (Sk Lt W J Mullender
RNR) at Belfast refitting, NORTHERN
PRIDE (Lt K J Vaughn RANVR), NORTHERN SPRAY
(Lt H P Crail RNR) at Belfast refitting,
NORTHERN WAVE (Ty Lt C Morrison-Payne RNVR) at
Belfast refitting, ST ELSTAN (Ty Lt G Butcher
RNVR), ST KENAN (Pbty Ty Lt R R
Simpson RNR), ST ZENO (Ty Lt J K Craig RNVR),
VIZALMA (Ty S/Lt M M Firth RNVR), WELLARD (Lt
Cdr A Johnson RNVR), apart from
those refitting, all at Londonderry
Clyde
Escort Groups -
anti-submarine
trawlers DANEMAN (Ty
Lt A H Ballard RNR) at Belfast, LADY LILIAN (Ty Lt D S McKenzie
RNR)
at Greenock, LADY MADELEINE (Ty Lt
P H Potter RNR) at Greenock, NORWICH
CITY
(Ch Sk P Newman
RNR) at Port Glasgow repairing, ST
APOLLO (Ty Lt R H Marington RNVR)
Oban
Group -
anti-submarine
trawlers SAON (Ch Sk R
Bland RD RNR), SOUTHERN BREEZE (Ch Sk G W
Holliday RNR), SOUTHERN SPRAY (Sk H E Moran
RNR), SOUTHERN STAR (Sk R W Slater RNR), all
at Oban, SOUTHERN WAVE (Sk W S Flowers RNR) at
Belfast, WOLVES (Sk M W Draper
RNR) at Rothesay
Trawlers
(unallocated)
anti-submarine trawlers MAZURKA (Pbty
Ty Lt V R Tyrrell RNR) at Port Glasgow,
SARABANDE (Sk Lt L
F Scarlett DSC, RD RNR Rtd), SWORD DANCE (S/Lt
E M Quinn
RNR), both at Leith
Temporarily
transferred for A I
Duties (note:
abbreviation not known)
- anti-submarine trawlers ARCTIC PIONEER
(Ty Lt A Harrison RNR) at Portsmouth,
BEDFORDSHIRE (Ty Lt
G S Gaylard RNVR) at Swansea, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
(Ty Lt G S Wolley RNVR) at
Portsmouth, CAPE COMORIN (Ty Lt G V Doubleday
RNVR) at Portsmouth, CORNELIAN
(Pbty Ty Lt H F Hayes RNVR) at Plymouth,
GRIMSBY TOWN (Lt W C Riley RNVR) at
Portland, KIRKELLA (Lt J V Brock RCNVR) at
Swansea, LOCH MONTIETH (Ty Lt K W
Richardson RNR) at Plymouth repairing, LORD HAILSHAM (Ty Lt A Rosling
RNVR) at
Dartmouth, LORD SNOWDEN (Sk G Mc. K Sutherland
RNR)
at Dartmouth, LORD STANHOPE (Lt Cdr
T A O Ellis RNR) at Dartmouth, LORD STONEHAVEN (Lt Cdr H Rowe
RNR)
at Dartmouth, LORD WAKEFIELD (Lt
Cdr M B Sherwood Rtd) at Portmouth, PEARL
(Pbty Ty Lt G Pemberton RNR) at Dartmouth,
RUBY (Ty Lt R P
Chapman RNR) at Plymouth, ST CATHAN (Pbty Ty
Lt
F Twomey RNR) at Plymouth, VICTRIX (Ty Lt R R
Taylor RNR) at Dartmouth
Minesweeping
Group 139 -
minesweeping
trawlers SHIKA (Sk P D
Polson RNR), SHUSA (Lt W McKeen RNR), both at
Belfast
Minesweeping
Group 140
minesweeping
trawlers STEFA (Ty Lt E
Jansen RNR), SULLA (Ty Sk G Mair RNR), both at
Belfast
Minesweeping
Group 144
minesweeping
trawlers FRIESLAND (Sk F McKay RNR),
INVERCAULD (Ty Sk J W Carter RNR), both at
Belfast
Minesweeping
Group 151 -
minesweeping
trawler ZAREBA (no CO
listed) at Belfast
Minesweeping
drifter -
JEWEL
(Ty Sk H G Stone RNR) at Belfast
Larne
35th
Anti-Submarine Group
anti-submarine
trawlers BRITISH
GUIANA (Sk S C Turrell RNR), BRITISH HONDURAS
(Sk J Mactean
RNR), GUAVA (Sk S Phimister RNR, TERJE IV (Sk
E G Littler DSC RNR), HELIER II (Cdr F R
Openshaw Rtd),
all at Larne
Londonderry
Captain
D,
Londonderry
(Capt
P Ruck-Keene)
1st
Escort Group -
destroyers
MALCOLM (Cdr C D
Howard-Johnston) at Middlesbrough repairing to
comp 7 Jan, SABRE (Cdr B Dean
DSO Rtd Lt P W Gretton DSC from 11 Jan) at
Belfast repairing to comp 18 Jan,
SKATE (Lt F P Baker DSC) dep Londonderry 29
Dec, corvettes CLARKIA (Lt Cdr F J
G Jones RNR) dep Londonderry 29 Dec, GLADIOLUS
(Lt Cdr H M C Sanders DSC RNR) at Liverpool
repairing to comp 23 Jan, MALLOW (Lt Cdr W G
Piggott RNR) dep Londonderry 29 Dec
2nd
Escort Group -
destroyers
BROKE (Cdr B G Scurfield)
arr Belfast 30 Dec, SALADIN (Lt Cdr L J Dover)
at Barrow repairing to comp 16
Jan, SARDONYX (Lt Cdr R B S Tennant) arr
Londonderry 27 Dec, SCIMITAR (Lt R D
Franks) dep Londonderry 29 Dec, SHIKARI (Cdr H
N A Richardson DSC) arr
Londonderry 27 Dec, corvettes ANENOME (Lt Cdr
H G Boys-Smith DSO RNR) dep Londonderry 21
Dec, ARABIS (Lt
Cdr J P Stewart RNR) dep Londonderry 29 Dec,
HELIOTROPE (Lt Cdr J Jackson
RNR) dep Londonderry 21 Dec, French LA
MALOUINE (Lt Cdr R W Keymer Rtd) at
Londonderry
Corvette
(unallocated)
- DIANELLA (Lt J G
Rankin RNR) at Aberdeen
6th
Motor Launch Flotilla -
ML.152
at Falmouth, ML.145, ML.146, ML.147, ML.148,
ML.149, ML.150, ML.150 to join on comp