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(Flag Officer Commanding North Atlantic Vice Admiral Sir George Frederick B Edward-Collins KCB, KCVO, ashore at Gibraltar)
Depot ships - CORMORANT (Flagship Capt D.13 Capt C S Holland),
MAIDSTONE (Capt G A W Voelcker), both at Gibraltar 13th Destroyer
Flotilla (Capt D, Gibraltar Force in
CORMORANT) 35th Division - WISHART (SO, Cdr H G Scott), VIDETTE (Lt
Cdr E N Walmsley), both arr Gibraltar 23 Dec, (refit and repairs), DUNCAN (Lt
Cdr A N Rowell) at Chatham refitting to complete 17 Jan Corvettes (attached to 13th Destroyer Flotilla) - AZALEA (Lt G C
Geddes RNR) dep Gibraltar 27 Dec, COLTSFOOT (Ty/Lt the Hon W K Rous RNR) arr
Gibraltar 17 Dec, COREOPSIS (Lt Cdr A H Davies RNR) arr Gibraltar 26 Nov,
GERANIUM (Ty/Lt Cdr A Foxall (acting) RNR) dep Gibraltar 27 Dec, JONQUIL (Lt
Cdr R E H Partington RD RNR) arr Sheerness 31 Dec, SPIREA (Ty/Lt R W Tretheway
RNR) arr Gibraltar 12 Dec 36th Escort Group (lent to Flag Officer Commanding North Atlantic) - sloops
DEPTFORD (Lt Cdr H R White) arr Liverpool 28 Dec, STORK (Cdr F J Walker) arr
Plymouth 27 Dec, corvettes CONVOLVULUS (Py/Ty/Lt R S Connell RNR) arr Liverpool
29 Dec, MARIGOLD (Lt W S Macdonald RNVR) arr Liverpool 27 Dec, GARDENIA (Lt Cdr
H Hill RNR) dep Iceland 30 Dec, PENSTEMON (Lt Cdr J Byron RNR), RHODODENDRON
(Lt H I Davis RNVR), SAMPHIRE (Lt Cdr F T Renny RNR) all arr Liverpool 27 Dec,
VETCH (Ty/Lt Cdr H J Beverley DSC RNR) arr Liverpool 28 Dec (refits and
repairs) ARBUTUS (Ty/Lt A L W Warren DSC RNR) at Liverpool repairing to complete
10 Jan, COWSLIP (Lt F Granger RNR) at Gibraltar undergoing temporary repairs 8th Submarine
Flotilla - depot ship MAIDSTONE(Capt G A W
Voelcker) at Gibraltar, submarines CLYDE (Cdr D C Ingram DSC) arr Gibraltar 14
Dec, OLYMPUS (Lt Cdr H G Dymott) dep Malta 26 Dec, SEVERN (Lt Cdr A N G
Campbell) at Gibraltar, Dutch O.24 (Lt Cdr O de Booy RNN) arr Gibraltar 23 Dec 7th Anti Submarine
Group - anti-submarine trawlers ARCTIC
RANGER (SO, Chief Skipper H B Wray RNR) arr Gibraltar 27 Dec, ERIN (Ty/Lt W G
Swanston RNVR), HAARLEM (Ty/Lt L B Merrick RNR), KINGSTON CHRYSOLITE (Skipper G
T Littey DSC RNR), all at Gibraltar, LEYLAND (Ty/Lt A K Nears RNR) arr Clyde 10
Dec, LORD HOTHAM (Act/Ty/Skipper F J Settesfield RNR) at Gibraltar 31st Anti-Submarine
Group - anti-submarine trawlers LADY
HOGARTH (Ty/Lt S G Barnes RNR), ST NECTAN (Ty/Lt Cdr H B Phillips RNR), STELLA
CARINA (Ty/Lt L A J Berry RNVR) 92nd Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping trawlers BURKE
(Act/Ty/Skipper W T Ritchie DSC RNR), CLYNE CASTLE (Ty/Lt D K Forbes RNVR),
HONJU (Chief Skipper J Bowie RNR), LAUREL (Ty/Skipper T W Morgan RNR), all at
Gibraltar 165th Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping trawlers EMPYREAN
(Ty/Skipper R Cane RNR), RETURNO (Ty/Lt E R Crane RNVR), both at Gibraltar , for Motor
Launches - accommodation ship ISKRA (Lt Cdr F D M Crackanthorpe Rtd) at
Gibraltar 3rd Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.121, ML.126, ML.129, ML.130,
ML.132, ML.134, ML.135, ML.168 (no COs listed), all at Gibraltar 9th Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.169, ML.170, ML.172, ML.173, ML.174,
ML.175, ML.176 (no COs listed), all at Gibraltar Contraband Control
Service - armed boarding vessels (yachts)
ANGLIA (Ty/Lt A A Anderson RNVR), CHARLES MCIVER (Py/Ty/Lt A L Smith RNR),
SAYONARA (Cdr H G Gorton Rtd), all at Gibraltar Straits Patrol - armed patrol vessel OASIS (no CO listed) at Gibraltar Armed Boarding
Vessels (trawlers) - ALOUETTE (Lt Lord
Churston RNVR) dep Gibraltar 1 Jan, IMPERIALIST (Ty/Lt P E Kitto RNR) arr
Gibraltar 29 Dec, LOCH OSKAIG (Ty/Lt E S R Swan RNVR) arr Gibraltar 16 Dec,
SCOTTISH (Act/Cdr L H Phillips Rtd) dep Gibraltar 28 Dec Examination Service - examination vessels ARPURO, BASHA, NEVADA, SAMARANG,
TOM (no COs listed), all at Gibraltar De Gaussing Mobile
Wiping Unit - degaussing vessel FRANCISCO
ANTONIO QUARTO (no CO listed) at Gibraltar Cable Ship - MIRROR (no CO listed) Azores area Boom Defence Vessel - QUANNET (Ty/Lt W P Jones RNR) dep Takoradi 25 Dec for
Freetown Tugs - ST DAY (Ty/Lt G B Marriott RNR), ST OMAR (no CO listed), both at Gibraltar
FORCE H
Battleship - MALAYA (Flag Vice Admiral Commanding Force H Vice
Admiral Sir J F Somerville KCB, DSO, Rear Admiral E N Syfret CB from 10 Jan,
Capt C Coppinger DSC) arr Gibraltar 13 Nov Aircraft Carrier - ARGUS (Capt G T Philip DSC) dep Gibraltar 10 Dec Light Cruiser - HERMIONE (Capt G N Oliver DSO) arr Gibraltar 22 Dec Destroyers - ANTHONY (Lt Cdr J M Hodges) at Humber, LIGHTNING (Cdr H
G Walters DSC) arr Norfolk, Virginia 31 Dec, LAFOREY (Capt R M J Hutton) at
Gibraltar, LEGION (Cdr R F Jessel) dep Alexandria 29 Dec, HESPERUS (Lt Cdr A A
Tait) at Gibraltar, ACTIVE (Lt Cdr M W Tomkinson) arr Gibraltar 29 Dec,
CAMPBELTOWN (Emgcy/), Lt Cdr Lord Teynham FORTUNE (Lt Cdr R D H S Pankhurst),
WHITEHALL (Lt Cdr A B Russell), all at Gibraltar, CROOME (Lt Cdr J D Hayes DSO)
arr Bathurst 28 Dec, EXMOOR (Lt Cdr L ST G Rich) dep Bathurst 29 Dec, (refits
and repairs), BLANKNEY (Lt Cdr R H W Atkins) at Gibraltar refitting to complete
end Jan, WESTCOTT (Cdr I H Bockett-Pugh) at Gibraltar with defects
MEDITERRANEAN FLEET (Flag C-in-C Admiral Sir Andrew B Cunningham KCB, CVO, in QUEEN ELIZABETH)
Base Depot Ships - MEDWAY (Capt S M Raw CBE), NILE (Rear Admiral G H
Cresswell DSO, DSC, ADC Rtd, both at Alexandria, ST ANGELO (Vice Admiral R
Leatham, KCB) at Malta, STAG (Motor Boat 38205, Capt W B Hynes DSO, Rtd) at
Port Said, WOOLWICH (Rear Admiral I G Glennie, Commanding Mediterranean
Destroyer Flotillas, Act/Capt J Fawcett Rtd) at Alexandria 1st Battle Squadron (Vice Admiral H D Pridham-Wippell KCB, CVO) - battleships
QUEEN ELIZABETH (Flag C-in-C Med, Capt C B Barry DSO), VALIANT (Capt C E Morgan
DSO), both damaged at Alexandria, (refit and repairs), WARSPITE (Capt D B
Fisher CBE) arr Bremerton, Washington 11 Aug 1941, repairs comp 1 Jan, sailed
10 Jan Aircraft Carriers (Flag Rear Admiral Commanding Mediterranean Aircraft
carriers transferred to GREBE on 25 Jul 1941) - ILLUSTRIOUS (Capt A G Talbot
DSO) arr Liverpool 29 Dec, (refit and repairs), FORMIDABLE (Capt A W Le T
Bisset) at Belfast repairing 7th Cruiser
Squadron (Rear Admiral H B Rawlings OBE) -
light cruisers AJAX (Flag Cruiser Squadron 7 (Capt S L Bateson) dep Alexandria
30 Dec, HOBART (Capt H L Howden OBE RAN) dep Colombo 24 Dec, due Singapore 3
Jan, (refit and repairs), ORION (Cdr J P de W Kitcat, Capt G C P Menzies from
15 Jan) arr Mare Island 5 Sep 1941, repairing to complete end of Feb 15th Cruiser
Squadron (Rear Admiral P L Vian DSO) - light
cruisers NAIAD (Flag Cruiser Squadron 15, Capt W H A Kelsey DSC) arr Alexandria
19 Dec, DIDO (Capt H W U McCall) arr Alexandria 29 Dec, (refit and repairs),
PHOEBE (Cdr F A Ballance, Capt C P Frend from Feb) arr New York 21 Nov for
repairs to exceed three months Light cruiser - EURYALUS (Capt E W Bush DSO DSC) arr Alexandria 19 Dec Anti-Aircraft
Cruiser - COVENTRY (Capt W P Carne) at
Bombay refitting to complete mid Feb Force K - light cruisers AURORA (Capt W C Agnew CB) at Malta
repairing to complete in at least six weeks, PENELOPE (Capt A D Nicholl) at
Malta repairing to complete 3 Jan, destroyers LANCE (Lt Cdr R W F Northcott),
LIVELY (Lt Cdr W F E Hussey), both arr Malta 29 Dec Destroyer Depot
Ship (Flag Rear Admiral Destroyers Rear
Admiral I G Glennie) - WOOLWICH (Act/Capt J Fawcett Rtd) at Alexandria Second Destroyer
Flotilla (Capt D.2 ashore) 3rd Division - HASTY (Lt N H G Austen) dep Gibraltar 31
Dec, HOTSPUR (Lt P M Whatley) dep Alexandria 28 Dec 4th Division - HERO (Cdr H W Biggs DSO) dep Alexandria 28
Dec (refits and repairs) DECOY (Lt Cdr J M Alliston) at Malta repairing to
complete 26 Jan, HAVOCK (Lt G R G Watkins) at Malta repairing to complete 3
Jan, ILEX (Lt C R P Goodden) at Durban repairing, ISIS (Cdr B Jones) at
Singapore to complete 21 Mar Seventh Destroyer
Flotilla 13th Division - NAPIER (Capt D.7 Capt S H T Arliss DSO
RAN), NIZAM (Lt Cdr M J Clark DSC RAN), NESTOR (Cdr A S Rosenthal RAN) all dep
Alexandria 30 Dec 14th Division - JACKAL (Cdr R M P Jonas DSC) at Alexandria
damaged, KIPLING (Cdr A ST Clair-Ford) dep Alexandria 29 Dec, (refit and
repairs), KELVIN (Cdr J H Allison DSO) at Bombay docked Fifth Destroyer
Flotilla (under administration of Rear
Admiral Destroyers) - AVON VALE (Lt Cdr P A R Withers DSC) at Alexandria,
BEAUFORT (Lt Cdr Sir Standish OG Roche Bt) at Freetown, DULVERTON (Lt Cdr W N
Petch OBE) dep Aden 1 Jan, ERIDGE (Lt Cdr W F N Gregory-Smith DSC), FARNDALE
(Cdr S H Carlill), both at Tobruk, HEYTHROP (Lt Cdr R S Stafford) dep
Alexandria 28 Dec, HURWORTH (Lt Cdr J T B Birch) at Freetown, SOUTHWOLD (Cdr C
T Jellicoe) dep Aden 30 Dec Twelfth Destroyer
Flotilla - PALADIN (Cdr A F Pugsley) at
Clyde, PANTHER (Lt Cdr the Viscount Jocelyn) arr Scapa Flow 1 Jan Fourteenth
Destroyer Flotilla 27th Division - JERVIS (Capt D.14 Capt P J Mack, Capt F S
W de Winton from 1 Feb) arr Alexandria 19 Dec, GRIFFIN (Capt H St L Nicholson
DSO) arr Alexandria 31 Dec, JAGUAR (Lt Cdr L R K Tyrwhitt DSC) arr Malta 20 Dec 28th Division - KIMBERLEY (Cdr J S M Richardson DSO) arr
Alexandria 26 Dec, KINGSTON (Cdr P Somerville DSO DSC) dep Alexandria 30 Dec
(refits and repairs) GALLANT (no CO listed) at Malta in dockyard control
repairing to complete Jun, JANUS (Lt S E Jagger) at Simonstown repairing to
complete 1 Mar, NUBIAN (Capt S W Ravenhill) at Bombay repairing to complete in
Feb/Mar Destroyers - ARROW (Cdr A M McKillop) arr Alexandria 29 Dec,
FOXHOUND (Cdr G H Peters DSC) dep Gibraltar 30 Dec, GURKHA Cdr C N Lentaigne
DSO), both dep Gibraltar 30 Dec, MAORI (Cdr R E Courage DSO, DSC) arr
Alexandria 29 Dec, SIKH (Cdr G H Stokes DSC) dep Alexandria 28 Dec, ZULU (Cdr H
R Graham DSO, DSC) at Gibraltar, Dutch ISAAC SWEERS (Cdr J Houtsmuller RNN) arr Alexandria 27 Dec Gunboats - APHIS (Lt Cdr F Y Bethell) dep Tobruk 30 Dec, CRICKET
(no CO listed) constructive total loss 30 Jun 1941, arr Suez 21 Dec under tow,
GNAT (Ty/Lt A W Packham RNR) arr Suez 23 Nov Convoy Escort Vessels - ANTWERP (Lt Cdr J N Hulse RNR) arr Alexandria 23 Dec,
MALINES (Lt L N Mates RNR) arr Alexandria 27 Dec Tenth Corvette
Group - corvettes PEONY (SO, Cdr M B
Sherwood DSO Rtd) dep Alexandria 31 Dec, GLOXINIA (Lt Cdr A J C Pomeroy RNVR)
at Malta, HYACINTH (Act/Lt Cdr F C Hopkins DSC RNR) arr Alexandria 26 Dec Eleventh Corvette
Group - corvettes DELPHINIUM (Cdr R L
Spalding Rtd) arr Alexandria 17 Dec, ERICA (Lt Cdr W C Riley RNR) dep Haifa 30
Dec, PRIMULA (Ty/Lt J Paterson RNR) dep Port Said 30 Dec, SNAPDRAGON (Ty/Lt P H
Potter RNR) arr Port Said 30 Dec First Submarine
Flotilla - submarine depot Ship MEDWAY (Capt
S 1 (Capt S M Raw CBE)) at Alexandria, submarines OSIRIS (Lt R S Brookes DSC)
dep Alexandria 22 Dec, PORPOISE (Cdr E F Pizey DSO) arr Alexandria 19 Dec,
PROTEUS (Lt Cdr P S Francis) arr Alexandria 12 Dec, TALISMAN (Lt Cdr M
Willmott) dep Alexandria 29 Dec, THORN (Lt Cdr R G Norfolk) dep Alexandria 18
Dec, THRASHER (Lt H S Mackenzie) arr Alexandria 23 Dec, THUNDERBOLt (Lt Cdr C B
Crouch DSO) dep Alexandria 22 Dec, TORBAY (Lt Cdr A C C Miers DSO) arr
Alexandria 27 Dec, TRIUMPH (Lt J S Huddart) dep Alexandria 26 Dec, (refits and
repairs), OTUS (Lt R M Favell) at Port Said with defects, ROVER (Lt Cdr R M T
Peacock) at Singapore refitting Tenth Submarine
Flotilla (administered by Capt S.10 Capt G W
G Simpson) - submarine depot ship TALBOT (Capt G W G Simpson) at Malta,
submarine P.31 (Lt J B de B Kershaw) arr Malta 22 Dec, P.34 (Lt P K H Harrison
DSC) dep Malta 29 Dec, P.35 (Lt S L C Maydon) dep Gibraltar 27 Dec, P.36 (Lt H
N Edmonds DSC) dep Gibraltar 30 Dec, P.39 (Lt N Marriott DSC) dep Gibraltar 2
Jan, UNA (Lt D S R Martin) arr Gibraltar 19 Dec, UNBEATEN (Lt Cdr E A Woodward)
arr Malta 22 Dec, UNIQUE (Lt A F Collett DSC) dep Malta 29 Dec, UPHOLDER (Lt
Cdr M D Wanklyn VC, DSO) dep Malta 31 Dec, UPRIGHT (Lt J S Wraith DSC) dep
Alexandria 29 Dec, URGE (Lt Cdr F P Tomkinson DSO) dep Malta 30 Dec, UTMOST (Lt
Cdr J H Eaden DSC) dep Malta 2 Jan, Polish SOKOL (Lt Cdr B Karnicki ORP) arr
Malta 23 Dec 4th Anti-Submarine
Group anti-submarine trawlers AMBER
(Ty/Lt S Barrie RNR) at Port Said, BERYL (Acting Sub Lt H W du Boisson RNR),
CORAL (Lt M C English RNR) damaged, JADE (Ty/Lt A R J Tilson DSC RNR), all at
Malta, MOONSTONE (Lt Cdr P G Britten Rtd RNR) at Port Said 5th Anti-Submarine
Group anti-submarine trawlers LOCH
MELFORT (Ty/Lt W F McAusland RNVR), LYDIARD (Ty/Lt F A Seward RNR), VICTORIAN
(Act/Skipper Lt M A Smith RNR), all at Haifa 16th Anti-Submarine
Group anti-submarine whaler COCKER
(former KOS XIX, Py/Ty/Lt J Scott RNR) arr Haifa 30 Dec 22nd Anti-Submarine
Group (administered by Capt S.1)
anti-submarine whalers SOUTHERN MAID (SO, Lt Cdr A F Trew SASDF) arr Tobruk 25
Dec, PROTEA (Lt R P D Dymond RNVR (SA)) dep Alexandria 22 Dec, SOUTHERN ISLE
(Lt A S Bowyer SASDF), SOUTHERN SEA (Lt A Thomas DSC SASDF), both at Alexandria 25th Anti-Submarine
Group - Norwegian anti-submarine whalers
FALK (Lt H S Upperton RNR) arr Port Said 25 Dec, KLO (Lt M C English RNR) dep
Alexandria 29 Dec, THORGRIM (Lt J R Sparkes RNR) arr Alexandria 29 Dec 28th Anti-Submarine
Group anti-submarine trawlers KINGSTON
CORAL (Act/Skipper Lt I Mackintosh MBE RNR), KINGSTON CRYSTAL (Sub Lt J E
Johnson RNVR), KINGSTON CYANITE (Skipper Lt F A Yeomans Act/RNR), all at
Alexandria, WOLBOROUGH (SO, Act/Lt Cdr A F Harkness DSC RNR) arr Tobruk 30 Dec 2nd Minesweeper
Flotilla - minesweepers ABERDARE (SO,
Act/Ty/Lt Cdr W H Brittain RNR) dep Tobruk 29 Dec, ABINGDON (Lt G A Simmers
RNR) at Malta, BAGSHOT (Lt Cdr D N Venables Rtd) dep Tobruk 29 Dec, DERBY (Lt
Cdr A F MacFie OBE RNR) dep Port Said 30 Dec, FAREHAM (Lt Cdr N H B Bloye RNR),
HARROW (Lt G C Hocart RNR Rtd), both at Alexandria 2nd Trawler Group (anti-submarine/minesweeping) - naval trawlers BURRA
(Ty/Lt W J C Harrison RNVR) arr Capetown 18 Dec, CUMBRAE (Py/Ty/Lt C E
Midwinter RNR) dep Aden 31 Dec, ISLAY (Act/Skipper Lt C H Grimmer RNR) at Port
Elizabeth repairing to complete 7 Jan, ROMEO (Act/Ty/Skipper Lt W R H Stewart
RNR) dep Durban 19 Dec 91st Minesweeping
Group (part) - minesweeping trawlers
MUROTO (Ty/Skipper J Willis DSC RNR) arr Tobruk 30 Dec, RAGLAN CASTLE (Skipper
G Buchan RNR) arr Port Said 7 Dec 93rd Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping trawlers GENERAL
BIRDWOOD (Skipper W G Nicholas, DSM RNR) dep Lagos 23 Dec, MAPLE (Ty/Lt C B
Sharp RNVR), REDWOOD (Ty/Lt O H Pulman RNR), ST MINVER (Capt J R C Cavendish
Rtd), all arr Capetown 12 Dec 109th Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping trawlers GUILIO
(Ty/Lt K Tholfsen RNR) at Alexandria, SKUDD IV (no CO listed) damaged, both at Alexandria,
SKUDD V (Act/Lt R H Morrison RNR) dep Tobruk 22 Dec, SWONA (Ty/Lt E C Davids
RNR) at Malta 142nd Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping trawlers CALAMARA
(Ty/Sub Lt R H Vallings RNR) at Tobruk, SOIKA (Ty/Lt C F Bailey RNVR) at
Alexandria, SOTRA (Ty/Lt F R Linfield RNR) dep Tobruk 29 Dec, SVANA (Ty/Lt J MC
D Ruttan RCNVR) at Alexandria 152nd Minesweeping
Group - Norwegian minesweeping whalers
BOREALIS (Lt M H P Coombs RNR), HEKTOR 7 (Ty/Acting Sub Lt R E Wakefield RNVR),
both in Canal Area, KAI (Ty/Lt G R Prier RNVR) arr Tobruk 30 Dec, NEBB (Ty/Lt F
G Cousins RNVR) dep Tobruk 30 Dec 156th Minesweeping
Group (part) - Norwegian minesweeping
whaler CALM (ex-GOS 7, Lt Cdr W R Harris, SARNVR) at Alexandria, HAILSTORM
(ex-KOS XII, no CO listed) dep Tobruk 29 Dec 157th Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping whalers DAYBREAK
(ex-KOS VII) at Capetown repairing to complete 10 Jan, FIRMAMENT (ex-KOS IX) at
Durban, ready for sea 1 Jan (no COs listed) 158th Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping trawlers AIGLON
(Ty/Skipper A Christy RNR) arr Clyde 23 Dec, CORDELA (Act/Ty/Skipper Lt J
Enevolson RNR), LORD IRWIN (Lt L L Thornton RNR), both arr Port Said 18 Dec,
NORSE (Ty/J C Staniland RNVR) at Alexandria 166th Minesweeping
Group - Norwegian minesweeping whalers
GRIBB (ex-HEKTOR 9, Lt W J Toddun SASDF), IMHOFF (Lt H H Bierman, SASDF),
SEKSERN (Lt J Fairbairn RNVR (SA)), TREERN (Lt H H Cook SASDF), all at
Alexandria 167th Minesweeping
Group - Norwegian minesweeping whalers
ALBERT HULETT (Lt J Alexander SASDF) at Capetown, BEVER (Lt P A North SASDF)
arr Alexandria 16 Dec, BOKSBURG (Lt W H Foster SASDF) arr Alexandria 23 Dec,
SIDNEY SMITH (Lt L J Jagger SASDF) at Capetown 168th Minesweeping
Group - Norwegian minesweeping trawlers
EGELAND (Norwegian crew) stranded Palestinian coast 29 Nov, JOHN WILLIAMSON
(Norwegian crew) at Haifa fitting out to complete Jan, NOBLE NORA (Lt C L
Carroll RNR), TRANSVALIA (Norwegian crew), both at Alexandria fitting out with
LL magnetic minesweeping gear to complete Jan 169th
Minesweeping Group - minesweeping
trawlers KENNETT (Ty/Lt W G Lloyd RNVR), MYRLAND (Norwegian crew), both dep
Walvis Bay 28 Dec 400th Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping drifters CRESCENT
MOON (no CO listed) Suez Canal Area, FELLOWSHIP (Ty/Sub Lt E Saul RNVR),
LANDFALL (Sub Lt M F B Williams RNVR), both at Alexandria, LANNER (Skipper W
Stewart RNR) Suez Canal Area 401st Minesweeping
Group - Greek minesweeping schooners AGHIOS
GEORGIOS, CHRISTOS, SEVASTI, THALIA (all Greek manned), all at Alexandria 402nd Minesweeping
Group - hopper No.33 at Alexandria, No.42,
No.44, both at Port Said (no COs listed) 403rd Minesweeping
Group - minesweeping drifters EDDY
(Ty/Skipper J A J Jones RNR), GIRL MARGARET (Skipper G C Clarkson RNR), SUNSET
(Lt J R Lidgey RNR), TRUSTY STAR (Ty/Sub Lt R Lawrie RNVR), all at Malta Minesweeping
Drifters - PLOUGH BOY (Ty/Lt J Findlay RNR)
at Malta, VICTORIA I, VICTORIA II (no COs listed), both at Alexandria Auxiliary
minesweepers - ALKANET (no CO listed) at
Beirut fitting out to complete Jan, AURORA II (no CO listed), BAHMAS (Skipper
C.C.H. Thomas RNR), both at Alexandria, BALA QUIEB (no CO listed) at Beirut,
BLUE DANUBE (Lt D F Dunn RNVR) at Port Said, ANDROMEDA (Ty/Lt L C Watson RNR),
JUSTIFIED (Ty/Skipper W J L Beamish RNR), ST ANGELO, all at Malta, AMS.1,
AMS.2, both at Haifa, ABEILLE 109, ABEILLE 110, ABEILLE 145, ABEILLE 148,
ABEILLE 150, ABEILLE 152, ALEXANDRA, all at Port Said, EQUILETTE at Beirut,
GHAZI at Alexandria converting to skid tower, KALAMARA at Alexandria, LEBAN (no
COs listed) at Beirut, MIDHAT (Ty/Skipper A Myers RNR), TASER (no CO listed),
TAURUS (no CO listed), THASOS (Ty/Lt D J Sloane RNVR), all at Alexandria
fitting out Motor
Anti-Submarine Boat (ex-1st Flotilla)
- MA/SB.2 (no CO listed) at Alexandria Supply ship - RELIANT at Alexandria Repair ship - RESOURCE (Capt D.B OConnell Rtd) at Alexandria Admiralty Cable
Ship - BULLFINCH (Act/Cdr H M Blake Rtd)
arr Alexandria 13 Nov Netlayer - PROTECTOR dep Aden 27 Dec damaged Fleet tug - BRIGAND (Act/Ty/Lt D R Gall RNR dep Kilindini 28 Dec Fleet Target
Service - trawler MOYL (Lt Cdr V G Palmer
Rtd) dep Tobruk 22 Dec, tug ST ISSEY (Lt J H W Howe RNR) dep Alexandria 22 Dec Special Service
Vessels (IAS - Infantry Assault Ship,
administered by SBNO Suez Canal, later LSI(L)s) - GLENEARN (Lt Cdr T Hood Rtd)
arr Colombo 28 Dec, GLENGYLE (Act/Capt C H Petrie DSO Rtd) arr Alexandria 16
Nov, GLENROY (Capt Sir James Paget Bart Rtd) arr Alexandria 29 Nov Boom Defence
Vessels - BURGONET (Ty/Boom Engineer K C
Cameron RNR) arr Tobruk 27 Dec, JENNET (Lt Cdr C W C Pinckney RNR) dep Suez 30
Dec, MAGNET (Ty/Boom Engineer J W Hogarth RNR) arr Alexandria 13 Oct, PUNNET
(Ty/Boom Engineer W E Howes RNR), RENNET (Ty/Boom Engineer J H Hughes RNR),
both arr Suez 29 Dec, WESTGATE (Ty/Boom Engineer A Stewart RNR) at Malta paid
off 10th Motor Torpedo
Boat Flotilla - depot ship VULCAN (Lt H B
Binks) at Alexandria, MTB.68 (no CO listed), MTB.215 (Ty/Sub Lt A P G Joy
RCNVR), both at Tobruk 101st Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.1004, ML.1005, ML.1007,
ML.1032, all at Alexandria, ML.1046 being freighted to Mediterranean, ML.1069,
both being freighted to Mediterranean, ML.1079 to be freighted from UK, ML.1083
at Clyde awaiting shipment (no COs listed) 102nd Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.1012, ML.1015, ML.1017,
ML.1023, ML.1038, ML.1039, ML.1051 (no COs listed), all at Alexandria Auxiliary Supply
Ship - BRECONSHIRE (Capt C A G Hutchison
Rtd) arr Malta 18 Dec Local Defence Craft AN.13 (no CO listed) at Alexandria Ras-et-Tin School - depot CANOPUS (Capt E W H Brookfield Rtd) at Alexandria RN Air Station - GREBE (Rear Admiral D W Boyd CBE, DSC) at Dekheila RN Aircraft Repair
Yard aircraft repair yard PHOENIX
(Act/) Capt C B Tidd at Fayid Naval Accommodation
Camp - SPHINX (Cdr M S Thomas, Cdr A C
Behague DSC from 21 Jan) at Alexandria Palestine Coast
Patrol - patrol boats EAGLE, HAWK, MOQITA,
SEASNIPE, SNIPE (no COs listed), all at Haifa Schooners - AMIN (Lt J H Linggard RNVR), DI-GIOVANNI (no CO
listed), both at Alexandria, HILMI (Ty/Lt W A L May RANVR) dep Alexandria 28 Dec,
KHEIR EL DINE (Ty/Sub Lt R B McAusland RNR) dep Alexandria 30 Dec, QUANA (no CO
listed) at Alexandria French patrol
vessel - VIKINGS (LV Touchaleaume) at
Beirut Schooners on
Western Desert Service - CHLORIS at
Alexandria, ESKIMO at Tobruk damaged, GEORGIA at Alexandria, KEPHALONIA at
Alexandria (no COs listed), MARIA DE GIOVANNI (Ty/Lt A B Palmer RNR), TIBERIO
(Ty/Sub Lt I H Laing RNR), ZIGARELLA (Lt W F Ross RNR), ZUSDUCUS PIGI (Ty/Lt W
B Chisholm RNVR) refitting, all at Alexandria Naval Auxiliary Boats - DORRIMEE (Ty/Lt R Young RNVR), FESSONIA (no CO listed),
GULF STREAM (Py/Ty/Sub Lt S D Lambert RNVR, MAUREEN II, TRIM TOO, WYREEMA (no
COs listed), all at Alexandria Tugs C.308, EMILY, WEST COCKER, all at Malta, CONRAD at Port
Said, CONTROL, both at Port Said, ST MONANCE at Alexandria (no COs listed) Contraband Control
Service - armed boarding vessels ARPHA
(Act/Ty/Lt Cdr A J Bell RNR) dep Suez 13 Dec, CHANTALA (Lt Cdr C E I Gibbs Rtd)
at Tobruk damaged, PERRONELLE at Aden, miscellaneous vessels BLUEJACKET at
Alexandria, EDGAR at Suez Canal, TONELINE at Alexandria, XMAS at Malta (no COs
listed) Greek Navy (1) depot and repair ship hiphaistos (greek crew) arr Port Sudan 25 Jul, (2) cruiser giorgios averoff arr Colombo 28 Oct,
(3) destroyers aetos arr Calcutta
9 Dec, condouriotis arr Massawa
28 Dec, ierax dep Haifa 28 Dec, panther arr Port Said 25 Dec, queen olga at Calcutta, (refit and
repairs), spetsaI at Calcutta
refitting to complete late Jan, (4) submarines GLAVKOS arr Malta 19 Nov, katsonis at Alexandria, nereus arr Port Said 23 Dec, papanicolis at Alexandria, triton arr Port Said 5 Dec, (5) torpedo
boat destroyers aspis at
Alexandria, niki arr Alexandria
11 Dec, sphendoni at Aden, (6)
minesweeping vessels aghios georgios,
christos, sevasti, thalia, all
at Alexandria, (all ships Greek crews) Yugoslav Navy - torpedo boats durmitor,
kajmakaian, submarine nebojsca (all
Yugoslavian crews), all at Alexandria
Red Sea Force (independent command, Flag officer
commanding Red Sea Rear Admiral R H C Hallifax CB, ashore at Port Tewfik)
Repair and
accommodation ships - repair ship
LUCIA (Act/Cdr C R de B L Townsend Rtd) at Bombay, tender EL (no CO listed) at
Perim Anti-aircraft
cruiser - CARLISLE (Capt D.M L Neame DSO)
arr Alexandria 29 Dec Sloops - FALMOUTH (Cdr U H R James) arr Colombo 29 Dec, FLAMINGO
(Lt S G Bloomer) at Alexandria damaged, SHOREHAM (Cdr G P Claridge) arr Aden 31
Dec, Australian YARRA (Cdr W H Harrington RAN) arr Colombo 30 Dec
Aden Force (Administered by East Indies Station,
under operational control of Naval Officer in charge Aden, Act/Capt E S Graham Rtd)
Sloops Indian HINDUSTAN (Cdr G V G Beamish RIN) arr Colombo 20
Dec, INDUS (Cdr E G G Hunt RIN) at Trincomalee, French SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA (CC
Roux) dep Aden 29 Dec Indian Anti-Submarine
Vessels - NETRAVATI (Lt D A McDonald RIN)
arr Aden 29 Dec, RATNAGIRI (Lt H M Clark RIN) arr Bombay 5 Dec 21st Minesweeping
Flotilla (part) - Australian minesweepers
BATHURST (Lt Cdr A V Bunyan RANR (S)), LISMORE (Lt Cdr S H Crawford RANR (S)),
both arr Colombo 29 Dec Salvage vessel - CONFEDERATE (no CO listed) at Suez
SOUTH ATLANTIC COMMAND (Flag of C-in-C Act/Vice Admiral A U Willis CB, DSO ashore, Freetown)
Base Account and
Accommodation Ships- base ship
EDINBURGH CASTLE (Capt D B Nicol Rtd), accommodation ships MOIRA (Lt F R Pike
RCNVR), both at Freetown, PURSUIVANT (Cdr R B Martin Rtd) at Port Stanley Naval Bases (under Naval Officers in Charge) - ASTRAGA (Capt G S
Holden Rtd) at Lagos, LEONIDAS (Act/Cdr A G Boyce Rtd) at Takoradi, MELAMPUS
(Act/Cdr E F Lawder Rtd) at Bathurst Depot Ships - base ships AFRIKANDER (Rear Admiral D A Budgen Rtd) at
Simonstown, ELAND (harbour launch 220, no CO listed) at Freetown Aircraft carrier - EAGLE (Capt E G N Rushbrooke DSC) at Liverpool Seaplane carrier - ALBATROSS (Act/Capt F W H Clarke) dep Freetown 23 Dec,
due Trinidad 4 Jan Cruisers - heavy cruisers DEVONSHIRE (Capt R D Oliver DSC) dep
Freetown 26 Dec, DORSETSHIRE (Capt A W S Agar VC, DSO) arr Bombay 27 Dec, light
cruisers BIRMINGHAM (Flag Rear Admiral South Atlantic Division Rear Admiral F H
Pegram, Capt H B Crane) Plate area, NEWCASTLE (Capt E A Aylmer DSC) arr
Plymouth 29 Dec Armed Merchant
Cruisers - BULOLO (Act/Capt R L Hamer DSO)
Plate area, CANTON (Act/Capt C A G Nichols MVO, Act/Capt G N Loriston-Clarke
from 29 Jan) dep Freetown 22 Dec, CHESHIRE (Capt J M Begg Rtd) at Liverpool,
CILICIA (Act/Capt V B Cardwell Rtd) dep Freetown 23 Dec, DERBYSHIRE (Capt C C
Bell DSO Rtd) arr Simonstown 25 Dec, (refit and repairs), DUNNOTTAR CASTLE (Capt
C T A Bunbury OBE Rtd) at Capetown repairing to complete 3 Jan Cruiser Duties - armed merchant cruisers ASTURIAS (Capt H Ardill Rtd)
dep Montevideo 7 Dec, CALIFORNIA (Capt E W Kitson Rtd) arr Clyde 18 Dec,
PRETORIA CASTLE (Act/Capt A V Hemming) dep Clyde 22 Dec for Freetown, QUEEN OF
BERMUDA (Act/Capt the Hon Sir D Cochrane KCSI, GCMG, DSO Rtd) arr Bermuda 31
Dec, (refits and repairs), ALCANTARA (Act/Capt J D Harrey Rtd) arr Newport News
15 Dec to refit, to comp 20 Jan, CARNARVON CASTLE (Capt H N M Hardy DSO Rtd)
arr Newport News 20 Dec to refit Sloops - BRIDGEWATER (Act/Cdr H F G Leftwich Rtd) arr Freetown
18 Dec, MILFORD (Cdr the Hon V M Wyndham-Quin Rtd) arr Simonstown 30 Dec,
French COMMANDANT DOMINE (CC Burin des Roziers) arr Aden 26 Dec, COMMANDANT DUBOC
(LV Bourgine) at Bristol repairing to complete end of Apr, PRESIDENT HOUDUCE
(LV Deschatres) at Point Noire 18th Destroyer
Flotilla - destroyers BOREAS (Lt Cdr E L
Jones DSC) at Tyne, BRILLIANT (Lt Cdr A G Poe) dep Takoradi 30 Dec, VANSITTART
(Lt Cdr R L S Gaisford) dep Bathurst 31 Dec, VELOX (Lt Cdr E G Roper DSC) dep
Bathurst 29 Dec, VIMY (Lt Cdr H G D de Chair) dep Freetown 30 Dec, WILD SWAN
(Lt Cdr C E L Sclater) arr Freetown 29 Dec, WIVERN (Cdr M D C Meyrick) at
Portsmouth, (refit and repairs), WRESTLER (Lt R W B Lacon) at Portsmouth
repairing to complete 30 Jan Corvettes - AMARANTHUS (Ty/Lt W S Thomson RNR), ARMERIA (Act/Ty/Lt
Cdr H N Russell DSC RNR, both dep Freetown 26 Dec, ASTER (Lt W L Smith RNR) arr
Simonstown 26 Dec, AURICULA (Lt Cdr S L B Maybury) dep Freetown 26 Dec,
BERGAMOT (Lt R T Horan RNR) arr Freetown 30 Dec, BURDOCK (Lt H J Fellowes,
SARNVR) dep Freetown 29 Dec, CLOVER (LCR F A Shaw RNR) arr Freetown 21 Dec,
CROCUS (Cdr E Wheeler RD RNR) dep Freetown 26 Dec, FREESIA (Act/Cdr T G P
Crick) arr Freetown 19 Dec, FRITILLARY (Lt Cdr W H Barker RNR) dep Freetown 30
Dec, HOLLYHOCK (Lt Cdr T E Davies OBE RNR) at Capetown, JASMINE (Lt Cdr C D B
Coventry RNR Rtd) dep Freetown 28 Dec, LAVENDER (Lt Cdr J W Whayman) arr
Freetown 31 Dec, MARGUERITE (Lt Cdr A N Blundell RNR) arr Simonstown 26 Dec,
NIGELLA (Ty/Lt L J Simpson RNR) dep Freetown 29 Dec, ORCHIS (Lt A D White RNR)
dep Freetown 26 Dec, ROCKROSE (Lt Cdr J D Birch RD RNR) dep Freetown 29 Dec,
STARWORT (Lt Cdr N W Duck) dep Freetown 18 Dec, TULIP (Lt Cdr A Wilkinson RNR)
arr Freetown 28 Dec, VERBENA (Lt Cdr D A Rayner DSC RNVR) at Capetown, VIOLET
(Lt F C Reynolds RCNVR) at Freetown, WALLFLOWER (Lt Cdr I J Tyson) arr Freetown
30 Dec, WOODRUFF (Lt T Muir RNVR) arr Freetown 28 Dec, (refit and repairs),
CYCLAMEN (Lt Cdr H N Lawson RNR) at Humber refitting to complete 10 Feb Anti-Submarine
Whalers - SOUTHERN GEM (Act/Ty/Lt D C Hayes
RNVR) arr Freetown 21 Dec, SOUTHERN PRIDE (Ty/Lt F A Darrak RNVR) arr Lagos 20
Dec 6th Anti-Submarine
Group anti-submarine trawlers KELt
(Ty/Lt S C Callister RNVR) at Freetown, BENGALI (Ty/Lt R L Petty-Major RNVR),
PICT (Lt Cdr W N M Faichney RNR), both at Lagos, ST WISTAN (Lt H P Carse DSC
RNVR), SPANIARD (Py/Ty/Sub Lt W B Chisholm RNVR), TURCOMAN (Ty/Lt R F Pretty
RNR), all at Freetown 33rd Anti-Submarine
Group anti-submarine trawlers FANDANGO
(Lt J A T Maishman RNR), MORRIS DANCE (Lt A Bruce RCNVR), RUMBA (Ty/Sub Lt S G
Fowler RNVR), SARABANDE (Skipper Lt L F Scarlett DSC, RD RNR Rtd), all at
Freetown Anti Submarine
Yacht - SURPRISE (Cdr L C Ansdell Rtd) dep
Bathurst 18 Dec 1st Trawler Group (anti-submarine/minesweeping) - Naval trawlers ARRAN
(Ty/Lt J E B Healy RNVR) at Freetown, CANNA (Ty/Lt G C L Payne RNVR), COPINSAY
(Skipper Lt E R Harris RNR), LAERTES (Skipper Lt J A Prettyman RNR), all at
Lagos Minesweeping Group
100 - minesweeping trawlers HOLLY (Ty/Lt
J E Freestone RNR) dep Freetown 24 Dec, RUNSWICK BAY (Ty/Sub Lt S Sparrow RNVR)
arr Lagos 28 Dec, ST MELANTE (Act/Ty/Lt Cdr L C Gilbert RNR) arr Freetown 3
Jan, SYRINGA (Ty/Skipper A L Olesen RNR) at Freetown Minesweeping Group
154 - minesweeping trawlers POLAR V
(Ty/Lt C B Sharp RNR) at Lagos, SKUDD VI (Ty/Lt (E) O M Amundsen RNR) at
Takoradi Minesweeping
Trawler - WILLIAM SCORESBY (Cdr H Petit-Dann
Rtd) at Port Stanley Minesweeping Whaler - ROYDUR (Ty/Lt F F Jakeman RNVR) at Port Stanley Drifter - AFTERGLOW (no CO listed) at Port Stanley 17th Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.242 at Takoradi, ML.256,
ML.261, ML.263, all at Freetown, ML.265, ML.266, both at Takoradi, ML.272 at
Freetown, ML.274 at Takoradi (no COs listed) 26th Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.209 at Freetown, ML.244,
ML.251, both at Gibraltar, ML.271 at Freetown, ML.277 at Bathurst, ML.279 at
Freetown, ML.281, ML.289, both at Bathurst (no COs listed) 104th Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.1006 at Freetown, ML.1014 at
Lagos, ML.1016 at Freetown, ML.1018, ML.1019, both at Lagos, ML.1041 at
Takoradi, ML.1042 at Lagos, ML.1052 at Freetown (no COs listed) 108th Motor Launch
Flotilla - ML.1028 at Clyde awaiting
shipment, ML.1044, ML.1050, ML.1065, ML.1066, all freighted to Freetown,
ML.1076, ML.1077, ML.1078, all at Clyde awaiting shipment (no COs listed) MD (Mine Disposal)
and Deperming Vessel - deperming vessel
CORBRAE (Act/Ty/Lt Cdr J Martin-Smith RNR) at Freetown Base Mining Depot
Ship - ALCA (Cdr S N Smith Rtd) at
Freetown Controlled
minelayer - SNAKEFLY (Ty/Lt E Fagan RNVR) at
Freetown Base Repair Ship - VINDICTIVE (Capt H G D Acland DSO, ADC) at Freetown Trawler and
Minelaying Depot Ship - MUNSHI (no CO
listed) at Lagos Cable Ships - NOSS HEAD (Ty/Lt R A Vicars RNVR), VILLAGE BELLE (Ty/Lt
N R Parsons RNVR), both at Freetown Naval Auxiliary
Boats - FESTIVAL (ex-MORNING STAR, GLEN
FRUIN, ROFFEN, all at Freetown (no COs listed) Boom Carrier - ETHIOPIAN (Cdr J P White DSC Rtd) at Takoradi Boom Defence
Vessels - BARBROOK (Ty/Boom Skipper G E
Crawford RNR) arr Lagos 27 Dec, BARCASTLE (Py/Ty/Lt J MacFarlane RNR) at
Freetown, BARCLOSE (Ty/Lt E H Price RNR), BARFOAM (Ty/Lt F T Graham RNR),
BARFORD (Py/Ty/Lt L Burn RNR), all dep Londonderry 29 Dec to arrive Horta 7
Jan, BARKING (Ty/Lt H W Clouston RNR) at Clyde, BARRYMORE (Lt P H Rawle) at
Takoradi, BOWNET (Py/Ty/Lt F Woodward RNR) at Freetown, CONSBRO (Ty/Boom
Skipper P Larsen RNR) at Takoradi, LORD GAINFORD (Act/Ty/Warrant Mechanician C
W Griffin) at Pointe Noire, PANORAMA (Ty/Boom Skipper T W Turner RNR) at
Bathurst, PHYLLISIA (Ty/Warrant N S Morley) at Takoradi Boom Defence
Tenders - ANGELA, CAIRNGORM, both to be
freighted to Freetown, LIZWE, LOUISE, MUTINGA, PAMONICA, all at Freetown (no
COs listed) Water Boat - CAPACITY (no CO listed) at Freetown Naval Auxiliary
Boats - DOMINICIA, EMANCIPATION, both at
Freetown, FUCHSIA VALLEY at Sierra Leone, LILAC, LYD II, MAID OF SHEPPEY, all
at Freetown, MAUD BEATRICE, SILVER STAR, both at Sierra Leone, TADPOLE at
Freetown, VALIANT at Sierra Leone, VIXEN, WENDY (unamed tender ex-RANGER), all
at Freetown (no COs listed) Special duties
Vessels Landing Ships - PRINSES BEATRIX (Act/Cdr T B Brunton) arr Freetown 29 Dec,
QUEEN EMMA (Capt G L D Gibbs DSO Rtd) arr Freetown 7 Nov Commissioned
Transports - SCOTSMAN (Ty/Cdr J W Peters RNR),
ROYAL ULSTERMAN (Ty/Cdr H F Jackson RNR), ULSTER MONARCH (Ty/Cdr J Wilson RNR),
ll arr Gibraltar 15 Nov Tank Landing Ships - MISOA (Ty/Lt H D Neil RNR), BACHAQUERO (Act/Lt Cdr A W
McMullan RNR Rtd), both at Freetown Landing Ships
Gantry
LSGs DERWENTDALE (Master J M Humphrey), DEWDALE (Master R Grimer),
ENNERDALE (Master S T Dunster), all at Freetown |
