Allied Warships

HMS Solomon

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
Pennant 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched17 Jul 1928 
CommissionedAug 1939 
Lost1 Apr 1942 
History

Completed on 20 August 1928.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 357 tons.

HMT Solomon (A/Skipper Lt. Charles Dale, RNR) was mined and sunk off Cromer on 1 April 1942.

 

Commands listed for HMS Solomon

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CommanderFromTo
1Ch.Skr. William John Runcie, RNR8 Nov 193916 Jun 1940
2T/Skr. Frederick Cook, RNR16 Jun 194021 Dec 1940
3Skr.Lt. William John Runcie, RD, RNR21 Dec 194011 Jun 1941
4Skr. Charles Dale, RNR11 Jun 19411 Apr 1942

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