| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 345 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 25 Aug 1937 |
| Commissioned | Feb 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in October 1937. Returned to owner in October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Sondra (FY 345)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Francis Nicholas Hage Hayes, RNVR | 12 Feb 1942 | 14 Jul 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Percival Hart, RNR | 14 Jul 1942 | mid 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Leonard Charles Nunn, SSRNVR | mid 1943 | early 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. John Wilson Murray, RNVR | early 1944 | late 1944 |
| 5 | T/S.Lt. Benjamin Frank Duming van Niekerk, SANF(V) | late 1944 | Mar 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Wilfred Charlton Reid, SANF(V) | Mar 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Sondra include:
24 Jan 1943
Around 1500B/24, HrMs O 21 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. van Dulm, RNN) departed from East London for Diego Suarez. Upon leaving East London A/S exercises were carried out with HMS Sondra (T/Lt. W.P. Hart, RNR) which was to escort her part of the way.
At midnight during the night of 26/27 January, to the east of Durban, HMS Sondra parted company in approximate position 30°44'S, 37°50'E. (1)
4 Mar 1943
HMS Sondra (T/Lt. W.P. Hart, RNR) picks up 45 survivors from the British steam merchant Sheaf Crown that was torpedoed and damaged by the German U-boat U-160 east-north-east of East London in position 31°49'N, 31°11'E.
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6413 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)