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HMS Harrier (J 71)

Minesweeper of the Halcyon class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassHalcyon 
PennantJ 71 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Jul, 1933 
Launched17 Apr, 1934 
Commissioned9 Nov, 1934 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Laid up at Parkstone Quay after being decommissioned. Sold on 6 June 1950.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. B.L. Clark, RN (retired)
15 June 1939 – 17 December 1940
Promoted to A/Cdr. on ???

Cdr. Eric Perceval Hinton, MVO, DSO, RN
17 December 1940 – 16 July 1942

Cdr. Alan David Hastings Jay, DSC, RN
16 July 1942 – October 1943
DSO awarded on 8 December 1942
Bar to DSC awarded on 15 June 1943

Cdr. Harry Ernest Huston Nicholls, DSC, RN
October 1943 – 28 August 1944
Bar to DSC awarded on 1 January 1944

Cdr. John Foster Cochrane, RN
28 August 1944 – December 1944

A/Cdr. Trevor George Payne Crick, OBE, DSC and Bar, RN
December 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Harrier include:

30 Mar, 1942
HMS Harrier (Cdr. A.D.H. Jay, DSC, RN) picks up 17 survivors from the American merchant Effingham that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-435 in the Barents Sea in position 70º28'N, 35º44'E.

3 Feb, 1943
HMS Harrier (Cdr. A.D.H. Jay, DSO, DSC, RN) picks up 4 survivors from the American merchant Greylock that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-255 in the Norwegian Sea in position 70º52'N, 00º21'W. The Greylock was later sunk by gunfire by one of the escorts.


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