| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Tree |
| Pennant | T 02 |
| Built by | Ardrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Scotland) : Plenty |
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1939 |
| Laid down | 17 Aug 1939 |
| Launched | 7 Mar 1940 |
| Commissioned | 20 Jun 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Acacia (T 02)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Ralph Newman, RNZNVR | 23 Jul 1940 | mid 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Sir Joseph Herbert Spence Fayrer, DSC, RNVR | mid 1941 | 1 Oct 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. John Bernard Corke, RNVR | 1 Oct 1942 | 12 Oct 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Douglas Ford, RNVR | 12 Oct 1944 |
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Notable events involving Acacia include:
2 Apr 1943
HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portsmouth with a French Chasseur, HMS Kingston Turquoise (Ch.Skr. H.E. Dodd, RNR), HMS Acacia (T/Lt. J.B. Corke, RNVR) and HMS Deodar (T/Lt. S.A. Jarvis, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18173
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.