| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 363 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 29 Aug 1942 |
| Laid down | 15 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 17 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 16 Oct 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Rosevean (T 363)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leonard Henry Hill, DSC, RNVR | Oct 1943 | mid/late45 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Charles William Shuter, RNVR | mid/late45 | early 1946 |
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Notable events involving Rosevean include:
11 Jan 1944
HMS Tantalus (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Mackenzie, DSO and Bar, RN) departed from Portsmouth for Larne via Plymouth. She was escorted until off Plymouth by the Free French submarine chaser Chasseur 10 when HMS Tudor (Lt. S.A. Porter, DSC, RN) joined and HMS Rosevean (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.H. Hill, DSC, RNVR) took over the escort. (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18941
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.