Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | Hill |
Pennant | T 225 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
Ordered | 15 Mar 1941 |
Laid down | 13 Aug 1941 |
Launched | 22 Dec 1941 |
Commissioned | 19 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. |
Commands listed for HMS Inkpen (T 225)
Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Henry Vernon, RNR | 19 May 1942 | Dec 1943 |
2 | T/Lt. Alfred Leslie Ferdinand Bell, RNR | Dec 1943 | early 1945 |
3 | T/Lt. Kevin Sefton Ryan, SANF(V) | early 1945 | Mid 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
- ADM 173/17253
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.