Allied Warships

HMS Roche Velen (FY 1718)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1718 
Built byHawthorns & Co., Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 1918 
CommissionedNov 1940 
End service 
History

Completed in April 1918.
Taken over by the Admiralty in November 1940.
Displacement: 208 tons.

Became an Auxiliary Patrol trawler in March 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS Roche Velen (FY 1718)

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.

CommanderFromTo
1T/Skr. George Herbert Treece Birch, DSC, RNR8 Nov 194014 Feb 1941
2Skr. Jack Ball, RNR14 Feb 194128 Sep 1941
3T/Skr. Austin Percy Raven, RNR28 Sep 19419 Oct 1941
4W J Foale, RNR9 Oct 1941late 1945

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.


Return to the Allied Warships section