| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Auxiliary patrol vessel |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | 4.149 |
| Built by | Henry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 25 Jan 1936 |
| Commissioned | |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in February 1936 as passenger ship.
Displacement: 452 tons.
Dimentions: 55.8 x 9.8 feet.
Requisitioned by the RIN on 14 October 1939. Returned to her owner in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMIS St. Anthony (4.149)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/S.Lt. John Abbot, RINR | 2 Nov 1939 | 3 Jan 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Anthony Troughton Bond, RIN | 3 Jan 1940 | 4 Dec 1940 |
| 3 | Lt. Maurice Gilbert Collins, RIN | 4 Dec 1940 | 8 Jan 1941 |
| 4 | T/Lt. E H O Bryan, RINR | 8 Jan 1941 | 9 Oct 1941 |
| 5 | T/Lt.Cdr. Leonard Gordon Bingham, RINR | 9 Oct 1941 | 7 Mar 1942 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Guy William Patrick O'Donoghue, RINR | 7 Mar 1942 | 1 Dec 1942 |
| 7 | W E Vangeysel, RINR | 1 Dec 1942 | 7 Jun 1944 |
| 8 | T/Lt. Zahidbeg Nadarbeg Mirza, RINR | 7 Jun 1944 | early 45 ? |
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Notable events involving St. Anthony include:
29 Dec 1939
HMIS St. Anthony (T/S.Lt. J. Abbot, RINR) suffered serious damage to her engine room following the sheering of bottom end bolts in port engine. It is expected repairs would take until about 20 January 1940.
13 Jan 1940
HMIS St. Anthony (Lt. A.T. Bond, RIN) completed repairs to her engine room.
13 Oct 1943
Landing exercise ' Otter '.
Late in the afternoon, HMAS Norman (Cdr. H.J. Buchanan DSO, RAN), HMAS Nepal (Cdr. F.B. Morris, RAN), HMAS Napier (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Green, DSC, RAN), HMIS St. Anthony (T/Lt. W.E. Vangeysel, RINR) and HMIS Cornwallis (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Shackleton, RINVR) departed Bombay to particiate in landing exercises about 100 miles to the south of Bombay. They were escorting ' Force G ' which was made up of the following ships; Headquarters ships HMS Bulolo (Capt.(Retd.) R.L. Hamer, RN), landing ship HMS Keren (A/Cdr. S.E. Crewe-Read, RN), troop transports Dilwara (British, 11080 GRT, built 1936), Dunera (British, 11162 GRT, built 1937), Empire Pride (British, 9248 GRT, built 1941), Llanstephan Castle (British, 11340 GRT, built 1914) and the transports Empire Elaine (British, 7513 GRT, built 1942), Empire Prospero (British, 6766 GRT, built 1943), Jalapadma (British, 3935 GRT, built 1929) and Ocean Wanderer (British, 7178 GRT, built 1942).
They all returned to Bombay around 1130FG/13. (1)
5 Nov 1943
Landing exercise ' Swordfish '.
Around 1515FG/5, the destroyers HMAS Napier (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Green, DSC, RAN, with Commodere (D) Eastern Fleet, Commodore S.H.T. Arliss, DSO, RN, on board), HMS Rotherham (Capt. F.S.W. de Winton, RN), HMAS Norman (Cdr. H.J. Buchanan DSO, RAN), HMAS Nepal (Cdr. F.B. Morris, RAN), minesweeper HMIS Khyber (T/Lt. H.C.H. Berry, RINR), M/S trawlers HMIS Calcutta (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Shackleton, RINVR), HMIS Cuttack (?) and the auxiliary patrol vessel HMIS St. Anthony (T/Lt. W.E. Vangeysel, RINR) departed Bombay to particiate in landing and bombardment exercises about 100 miles to the south of Bombay. They were escorting ' Force G ' which was made up of the following ships; Headquarters ships HMS Bulolo (Capt.(Retd.) R.L. Hamer, RN), landing ship HMS Keren (A/Cdr. S.E. Crewe-Read, RN), troop transports Dilwara (British, 11080 GRT, built 1936), Dunera (British, 11162 GRT, built 1937), Empire Pride (British, 9248 GRT, built 1941), Llanstephan Castle (British, 11340 GRT, built 1914) and the transports Empire Elaine (British, 7513 GRT, built 1942), Empire Prospero (British, 6766 GRT, built 1943), Jalapadma (British, 3935 GRT, built 1929) and Ocean Wanderer (British, 7178 GRT, built 1942).
During the landing operations (some of) the escorts conducted bombardment operations.
They all returned to Bombay around 1100FG/9. (2)
Sources
- Report of proceedings of HMAS Norman for October 1943
- Report of proceedings of HMAS Norman for November 1943