Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Bangor |
Pennant | J 173 |
Mod | Turbine engined |
Built by | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) |
Ordered | 20 Dec 1939 |
Laid down | 13 Jan 1941 |
Launched | 4 Feb 1942 |
Commissioned | 22 Jul 1942 |
End service | |
History | HMS Dornoch is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Sold on 1 January 1948. |
Commands listed for HMS Dornoch (J 173)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Henry Elphinstone Jackson, RN | 30 Jun 1942 | 23 Nov 1943 |
2 | Lt. Percival Harry Rawle, RN | 23 Nov 1943 | 19 Mar 1945 |
3 | T/Lt. Ernest George Braithwaite, RNVR | 19 Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dornoch include:
28 Nov 1942
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Dornoch (Lt. H.E. Jackson, RN), HMS Ilfracombe (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.L.D. Hoare, RNR) and two other vessels [unable to read the names of these two vessels in the log of HMS H 34]. (1)
14 Jan 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Dornoch (Lt. H.E. Jackson, RN), HMS Wedgeport (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.L. Fetherstonhaugh, RNR) and HMS Sardonyx (Lt.Cdr. A.F.C. Gray, RD, RNR). (2)
15 Jan 1943
HMS H 34 (Lt. G.M. Noll, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Dornoch (Lt. H.E. Jackson, RN), HMS Starwort (Lt. A.H. Kent, RNR), HMS Wedgeport (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.L. Fetherstonhaugh, RNR) and HMS Sardonyx (Lt.Cdr. A.F.C. Gray, RD, RNR). (2)
30 Apr 1943
HMS Ultimatum (Lt. W.H. Kett, RNR) departed Holy Loch for Scapa Flow. Passage north through the Minches was made together with HMS Truculent (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Alexander, RN), HNoMS Ula (Lt. R.M. Sars) and HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. Baron D.T. Mackay, RNN). They were escorted by HMS Dornoch (Lt. H.E. Jackson, RN).
Sources
- ADM 173/17243
- ADM 173/17790
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.