| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 370 |
| Built by | Ch Augustin Normand (Le Havre, France) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Oct 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in April 1914. Returned to her owner in April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Asie (FY 370)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Joseph Benjamin Sparkes, RNR | 17 Oct 1940 | 6 Mar 1941 | |
| 2 | Ch.Skr. James Anderson, RNR | 6 Mar 1941 | 12 Jun 1941 | |
| 3 | Skr. Francis Charles Butler, RNR | 12 Jun 1941 | 7 Jun 1942 | |
| 4 | Skr. Edgar Albert Mutten, RNR | 7 Jun 1942 | mid 1943 | |
| 5 | Skr. Frank Oldman, RNR | Jul 1943 | ||
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Notable events involving Asie include:
4 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Balta (T/Lt. J.A.H. Punting, RNR), HMS Cotillion (A/Skr.Lt. J. Flett, RNR), HMS Polka (T/Lt. K.C. Donaldson, RNVR) and HMS Asie (Skr. F.C. Butler, RNR). (1)
5 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Asie (Skr. F.C. Butler, RNR), HMS Cotillion (A/Skr.Lt. J. Flett, RNR), FFS Alysse and HMS Minuet (T/Lt. A.M. Sullivan, RNVR). (1)
6 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with FFS Alysse, HMS Asie (Skr. F.C. Butler, RNR), HMS Polka (T/Lt. K.C. Donaldson, RNVR) and HMS Minuet (T/Lt. A.M. Sullivan, RNVR). (1)
7 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Asie (Skr. F.C. Butler, RNR), HMS Polka (T/Lt. K.C. Donaldson, RNVR), FFS Alysse and HMS Minuet (T/Lt. A.M. Sullivan, RNVR). (1)
11 Apr 1942
HMS P 511 (Lt. D.E.O. Watson, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dunbar (T/Lt. R.A. Vallings, DSC, RNR), HMS Asie (Skr. F.C. Butler, RNR), HMS Llandudno (A/Cdr. R. Frederick, RN) and HMIS Orissa (Lt. D. Whyte, RIN). (2)
13 Mar 1943
At 1030 hours, HMS Ursula (Lt. A.R. Profit, DSC, RN), makes redez-vouz off Bishops Rock with her escort, the ASW trawler HMS Asie (Skr. E.A. Mutten, RNR). (3)
24 Apr 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Grassholm (T/Lt. J.A. Antonsen, RNR), HMS Minalto (A/Skr.Lt. A.S.H. Robb, RD, RNR), HMS Asie (A/Ch.Skr. F. Oldman, RNR) and HMS Ellesmere (T/Lt. A.C. Munro, RNVR). (4)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6376 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/17493
- ADM 199/1819
- ADM 173/18697
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.