| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Shakespearian |
| Pennant | T 135 |
| Built by | A & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Aitchison Blair |
| Ordered | 12 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 3 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 18 Oct 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to the Kenyan Navy in August 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Rosalind (T 135)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Skr. Eric George Littler, DSC, RD, RNR | 30 Sep 1941 | ||
| 2 | T/Lt. Edward Alexander King, RNVR | 29 Jan 1945 | 4 Apr 1945 | |
| 3 | A/Skr.Lt. Charles William Burman, RNR | 4 Apr 1945 | ||
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Notable events involving Rosalind include:
22 Nov 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Rockrose (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Birch, RNR), HMS Snowflake (Lt. H.G. Chesterman, RNR), HMS Sluna (Lt.Cdr. E.W. Middleton, RNVR) and HMS Rosalind (Skr. E.G. Littler, DSC, RD, RNR). (1)
27 Nov 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Sluna (Lt.Cdr. E.W. Middleton, RNVR) and HMS Rosalind (Skr. E.G. Littler, DSC, RD, RNR). (1)
28 Nov 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Rosalind (Skr. E.G. Littler, DSC, RD, RNR) and HMS Oracle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.A. Martyn, RNR). (1)
8 Sep 1942
Around 0830D/8, HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, DSO, DSC, RN) arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles to fuel from the chartered tanker Nyholm (Norwegian, 5843 GRT, built 1927). She was escorted in by HMS Rosalind (Skr. E.G. Littler, DSC, RD, RNR) which had joined at 0700D/8.
HMS Truant departed around 1600D/8 to continue her passage to Kilindini / Mombasa. (2)
12 Jun 1944
During 12 and 13 June 1944, HMS Sea Rover (Lt. J.P. Angell, RN) conducted exercises off Trincomalee. These included night exercises. During these exercises she was escorted by HMS Rosalind (A/Skr.Lt. E.G. Littler, DSC, RD, RNR). Also part of these exercises were a practice attack on HMS Begum (A/Capt. J.E. Broome, DSC, RN) and A/S exercises with two of her escorts, the frigates HMS Nadder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.E. Kitto, RNR) and HMS Lossie (Lt.Cdr. A.F. MacFie, OBE, RNR). (3)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6368 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 199/1861
- ADM 173/18674
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.