Allied Warships

HMS Invercauld (FY 1938)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1938 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched28 Oct 1916 
CommissionedJul 1940 
End service 
History

Completed in April 1917.
Taken over by the Admiralty in July 1940.
Displacement: 262 tons.
Armament: 1 6pdr gun.

Returned to her owner in November 1945.
Scrapped February 1950 at Charlestown.

ex: Margaret Morrice 1936, ex: Sapphire 1935, ex: Sapler H598 1919, ex: Sapphire 1917.
Official Number 139230.
Yard number 676.
Also served as minesweeper during the First World War 1917/1919.

 

Commands listed for HMS Invercauld (FY 1938)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. J H McVea, RNVR8 Jan 194120 Aug 1943
2T/Lt. John Henry Vernon Docwra, RNVR20 Aug 194310 May 1945
3T/Lt. Norman Roy Pettit, RNVR10 May 1945mid 1945

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