| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 28 Aug 1939 |
| Lost | 4 Aug 1940 |
| History | Built in 1915. Became an Auxilliary Patrol Trawler in July 1940. |
Commands listed for HMS Drummer
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Harry Cecil Hall, RNR | mid 1940 | 4 Aug 1940 |
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Notable events involving Drummer include:
16 Sep 1939
In the morning HMS H 34 (Lt. B.T. Simons, RN) arrived at Harwich. During the afternoon she conducted exercises off Harwich with HMS Drummer. During these exercises H 34 was attacked, in error, by a British aicraft of RAF 206 squadron. (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/15717
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.