Allied Warships

HMS Mousa (T 295)

MS Trawler of the Isles class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassIsles 
PennantT 295 
Built byGoole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith 
Ordered16 Jun 1941 
Laid down6 Feb 1942 
Launched1 Jun 1942 
Commissioned30 Aug 1942 
End service 
History

Sold to the Italian Navy in February 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Mousa (T 295)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. David Johnstone Hutton, DSC, RNVR30 Jul 1942Jan 1945
2T/Lt. George Edward Jefferies, RNVRJan 1945Feb 1946

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Notable events involving Mousa include:


31 Jul 1943
Around 0825B/31, HMS Torbay (Lt. R.J. Clutterbuck, RN) ended her 17th war patrol at Algiers.

She had been escorted in by HMS Mousa (Lt. D.J. Hutton, DSC, RNVR) which had joined at 0640B/31. (1)

2 Aug 1943
Around 0820B/2, HMS Templar (Lt. D.J. Beckley, DSO, RN) ended her 3rd war patrol (2nd in the Mediterranean) at Algiers. She was escorted in by HMS Mousa (Lt. D.J. Hutton, DSC, RNVR) which had joined around 0610B/2. (2)

Sources

  1. ADM 199/1868
  2. ADM 199/1863

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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