Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | 4.58 |
Built by | Deschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
Lost | 30 Oct 1939 |
Loss position | 59° 57'N, 4° 24'W |
History | Completed in October 1936. Taken over by the Admiralty on 27 August 1939. Displacement: 655 tons. Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-59 about 100 miles west of Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands in position 59.57'N, 04.24'W on 30 October 1939. Hit by U-boat |
U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Northern Rover |
Commands listed for HMS Northern Rover (4.58)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. (retired) Martin Hugh Macpherson, RN | 27 Sep 1939 | 30 Oct 1939 (+) |
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