| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 318 |
| Built by | Bremer Vulkan (Vegesack, Germany) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Aug 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in June 1936. Returned to owner in January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Southern Breeze (FY 318)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Ch.Skr. George Wilfred Holliday, RNR | 9 Aug 1940 | Sep 1941 |
| 2 | Skr. Benjamin Thompson Nicolson Reynolds, RNR | Sep 1941 | 25 Nov 1941 |
| 3 | Skr. Charles Alfred Johnson, RNR | 25 Nov 1941 | 1 Nov 1943 |
| 4 | A/Skr.Lt. Wilfred Sidney Flowers, RNR | 1 Nov 1943 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Southern Breeze include:
19 Sep 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. A.R. Cheyne, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Pirouette (T/Lt. E.R. Pate, RNR) and HMS Southern Breeze (Ch.Skr. G.W. Holliday, RNR). (1)
21 Sep 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. G.V. Prowse, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Honeysuckle (Lt. G.W. Gregorie, RNR) and HMS Southern Breeze (Ch.Skr. G.W. Holliday, RNR).
Sources
- ADM 173/16332
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.