| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 06 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 6 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 25 Jul 1940 |
| Launched | 16 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 29 Apr 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold 2 October 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Arran (T 06)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/S.Lt. Arthur James Dickason, RNVR | 21 Apr 1941 | mid 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Enda Bernard Healy, RNVR | mid 1941 | Sep 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Donald Swinborne Hutton, RNR | Sep 1942 | 29 Sep 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. William Gilbert Nigel Aplin, RNR | 29 Sep 1943 | 1 Aug 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Douglas Valentine Hugonin, RNVR | 1 Aug 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Arran include:
25 Nov 1941
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS St. Wistan (Lt. H.P. Carse, DSC, RN) and HMS Arran (T/Lt. J.E.B. Healy, RNVR). (1)
5 Dec 1942
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS Arran (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR), HMS ML 277 (2)
1 May 1943
HMS Arran (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR) picks up 136 survivors from the British merchant Clan Macpherson that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-515 about 75 nautical miles southwest of Freetown in position 07°58'N, 14°14'W. The Clan Macpherson finally foundered in position 08°04'N, 14°12'W.
5 May 1943
Le Centaure conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMS Bellwort (A/Lt.Cdr. N.F.R. Gill, RNR), Commandant Detroyat and HMS Arran (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR). (3)
25 Sep 1943
HMS Snowdrop (T/Lt. W.A. Burnett, RNVR), HMS Arran (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR) and HMS Turcoman (T/Lt. E.W. Hawcroft, RNVR) conducted a convoy defence exercise off Freetown. (3)
24 Dec 1943
HMS Arran (T/Lt. W.G.N. Aplin, RNR) and HMS Southern Pride pick up 130 survivors from the British seaplane tender Dumana that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-515 about 70 miles west-southwest of Sassandra, Ivory Coast, in position 04°27'N, 06°58'W.
Sources
- ADM 173/16988
- ADM 173/17529
- ADM 199/635
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.