Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 1611 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 2 Sep 1924 |
Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed in December 1924. HMT Lord Inchcape (T/Skipper Oliver Best Bell, RNR) was sunk on 25 October 1940 but raised and repaired.
Sold in August 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Lord Inchcape (FY 1611)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Lt.Cdr. Reginald Ernest Cowell, RNR | 29 Aug 1939 | 5 Jun 1940 | |
2 | T/Skr. Oliver Bert Bell, RNR | 5 Jun 1940 | 25 Oct 1940 | |
3 | T/Lt. Alfred Christopher Baxter, RNVR | 17 Jun 1942 | 27 Aug 1944 | |
4 | T/A/S.Lt. Hubert Geoffrey Collinson, RNVR | 27 Aug 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Lord Inchcape include:
27 Dec 1942
After taking on board three ratings that had to come from Dundee, HrMs Dolfijn (Lt.Cdr. H.M.L.F.E. van Oostrom Soede, RNN), departed Falmouth to continue her passage to Gibraltar. She was escorted out (until 1740/27) by HMS Lord Inchcape (T/Lt. A.C. Baxter, RNVR) and HMS Conway Castle (T/Lt. N.G. Nell, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1855
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.