Allied Warships

HMS Inkpen (T 225)

ASW Trawler of the Hill class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
ClassHill 
PennantT 225 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes 
Ordered15 Mar 1941 
Laid down13 Aug 1941 
Launched22 Dec 1941 
Commissioned19 Jun 1942 
End service 
History

Sold to East Riding Trawlers Limited, Hull on 22 October 1946. Renamed Stella Capella H358. Official number 181281. Fitted for fuel-oil in September 1947. Transferred to Grimsby on 1 September 1950. Transferred to Hull on 12 March 1951. Managed by Charleson-Smith Trawlers Limited, Hull.
Resold to Trawlers Grimsby Limited, Grimsby in 1953.
Resold to Derwent Trawlers Limited, Hull in 1954.
Resold to Ross Trawlers Limited, Hull in 1960.
Resold to Hudson Brothers Limited, Hull in 1963.
Vessel sold for scap to Hughes Bolckow Limited in 1963. Arrived Blyth for breaking up on October 1963.

 

Commands listed for HMS Inkpen (T 225)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Henry Vernon, RNR19 May 1942Dec 1943
2T/Lt. Alfred Leslie Ferdinand Bell, RNRDec 1943early 1945
3T/Lt. Kevin Sefton Ryan, SANF(V)early 1945Mid 1945

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Notable events involving Inkpen include:


22 Sep 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Stork (Cdr. G.N. Brewer, RN), HMS Deptford (Lt.Cdr. H.R. White, RN), ORP Garland (Lt.Cdr. H. Eibel), HMS Inkpen (T/Lt. H. Vernon, RNR) and aircraft. (1)

23 Sep 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with ORP Garland (Lt.Cdr. H. Eibel), HMS Inkpen (T/Lt. H. Vernon, RNR), HMS Beagle (Cdr. R.C. Medley, RN) and HMS Birdlip. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/17253

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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