Allied Warships

HMS Andre et Louise (FY 1798)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1798 
Built byDe la Brosse et Fouche (Nantes, France) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned3 Jul 1940 
End service 
History

Built in 1907.
Taken over by the Admiralty on 3 July 1940.
Displacement: 284 tons.

Returned on 3 April 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS Andre et Louise (FY 1798)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Robert McCready, RNR15 Mar 194119 May 1941
2T/Lt. James McGregor Alexander, RNVR19 May 1941Sep 1941
3T/Lt. Thomas Heggie Stewart, RNVRSep 19418 Nov 1943
4T/Lt. John Norman Bligh, RNVR8 Nov 194319 Mar 1944
5T/Skr. Thomas Ritson Tripp, RNR19 Mar 1944mid 1944

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Notable events involving Andre et Louise include:


14 May 1943
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. J.G. Hopkins, RN) proceeded from Troon to Holy Loch where she underwent a submerged inclination experiment on completion of which she returned to Troon. During the passages from and back to Troon she was escorted by HMS Andre et Louise (T/Lt. T.H. Stewart, RNVR). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/18283

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


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