Allied Warships

HMS Brixham (J 105)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 105 
Built byBlyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Whites M.E. 
Ordered 
Laid down6 Nov 1940 
Launched21 Oct 1941 
Commissioned19 Aug 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 7 July 1948.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Donald I'Anson Leake, RNVR
17 July 1942 – 6 October 1942

Lt. Graham Allen Simmers, RNR
6 October 1942 – May 1943
DSC awarded on 1 January 1943

T/Lt. Charles Henry Walton, RNR
May 1943 - ???
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

T/Lt. William Kenneth Lewis, DSC, RNVR
???

HMS Brixham is not listed as active unit in the April 1945 Navy List 

Commands listed for HMS Brixham (J 105)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Donald I'Anson Leake, RNVR17 Jul 19426 Oct 1942
2Lt. Graham Allen Simmers, RNR6 Oct 1942May 1943
3T/Lt. Charles Henry Walton, RNR1 May 1943???

4T/Lt. William Kenneth Lewis, RNVR??????

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Noteable events involving Brixham include:


24 Feb 1943
HMS Brixham (Lt. G.A. Simmers, RNVR) picks up 53 men from the American merchant Nathanael Greene that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-565 about 40 nautical miles northeast of Oran in position 35º56'N, 00º05'E. Brixham took the Nathanael Greene in tow until the British rescue tug HMRT Restive took over at 21.00 hours and beached the vessel at Salamanda, four miles west of Mostaganem at 06.30 hours the next day.

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