Allied Warships

HMS Simbra (FY 321)

ASW Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Whaler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 321 
Built byKaldnes Mekaniske Værksted (Tonsberg, Norway) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched21 Sep 1937 
CommissionedApr 1942 
End service 
History

Completed on 12 October 1937.
Whaler of South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co., Middlesborough, U.K.), requisitioned by the Admiralty in December 1941.
Displacement: 356 tons.

Returned to owner or sold in September 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Simbra (FY 321)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Joseph Pinder Gunn, RNVR1 Apr 19421 Dec 1942
2T/Lt. John Hermann Churchill Sim, KRNVR1 Dec 1942May 1943
3T/S.Lt. J P Merson, RNVRMay 1943Dec 1944
4T/Lt. Joseph Pinder Gunn, RNVRDec 19446 Mar 1945

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