Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Whaler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 312 |
Built by | Nylands Værksted (Oslo, Norway) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 10 Sep 1936 |
Commissioned | Mar 1940 |
End service | |
History | Completed on 17 October 1937. Returned to owner in October 1945. |
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Notable events involving Helier 2 include:
4 Aug 1940
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Clematis (Cdr. Y.M. Cleeves, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS St. Zeno (Lt.Cdr. (retired) L.H. Moorhouse, RNR) and HMS Helier 2 (Skr. J. Mawer, RNR). (1)
7 Aug 1940
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Clematis (Cdr. Y.M. Cleeves, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS St. Zeno (Lt.Cdr. (Retd.) L.H. Moorhouse, RNR) and HMS Helier 2 (Skr. J. Mawer, RNR). (1)
9 Aug 1940
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Helier 2 (Skr. J. Mawer, RNR) and HMS Terje 4 (Skr. J. Hodson, RNR). (1)
11 Aug 1940
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Southern Gem (T/Lt. C.E. Denne, RNVR) and HMS Helier 2 (Skr. J. Mawer, RNR). (1)
13 Nov 1942
HMS H 33 (Lt. P.C. Chapman, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Birdlip (Lt. E.N. Groom, RNR), HMS Butser (T/Lt. A.F. Cameron, RNVR), HMS Mignonette (Lt. H.H. Brown, RNR) and HMS Helier 2 (A/Skr.Lt. G.L. Oleson, RNR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6365 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/17231
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.