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HMS Seagull (J 85)

Minesweeper of the Halcyon class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassHalcyon 
PennantJ 85 
Built byDevonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.) : Richardson Westgarth 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Feb, 1937 
Launched28 Oct, 1937 
Commissioned30 May, 1938 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped in May 1965.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. David Hugh Harries, RAN
3 July 1939 – September 1940

Cdr. Robert Henry Vivian Sivewright, RN (retired)
September 1940 – 30 June 1941

Lt.Cdr. Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell, RN (retired)
30 June 1941 – 19 August 1941

Lt.Cdr. Charles Harington Pollock, RN
19 August 1941 – 16 August 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Wilson Ellis, DSC, RNR
16 August 1943 – 13 February 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Pearson, DSC, RNR
13 February 1945 – ???

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Lt.Cdr. Colin Courtenay Lowry, RN
26 September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Seagull include:

22 Sep, 1942
HMS Seagull (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Pollock, RN) picks up 89 survivors from the British merchant Ocean Voice that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-435 west of Jan Mayen Island in position 71º23'N, 11º03'W.


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