Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 27 Aug 1931 |
Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
Lost | 2 Nov 1940 |
History | Completed on 6 October 1931. HMT Rinovia (T/Lt. William Postlethwaite, RNR) was mined and sunk off Falmouth on 2 November 1940. |
Commands listed for HMS Rinovia
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr.Lt. (retired) Thomas Fraser, RD, RNR | 8 Oct 1939 | 4 Aug 1940 |
2 | T/Skr. Alexander Watson, RNR | 4 Aug 1940 | 14 Oct 1940 |
3 | T/Lt. William Postlethwaite, RNR | 14 Oct 1940 | 2 Nov 1940 |
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