Allied Warships

HMS Blyth (J 15)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 15 
ModReciprocating engined 
Built byBlyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Whites M.E. 
Ordered6 Jul 1939 
Laid down11 Jan 1940 
Launched2 Sep 1940 
Commissioned17 Jun 1941 
End service 
History

Sold 25 May 1948.

 

Commands listed for HMS Blyth (J 15)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. (retired) Grenville Mathias Temple, DSO, RN14 Jan 194131 Mar 1942
2Cdr. Lionel James Spencer Ede, DSO, RN31 Mar 19429 Oct 1942
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. Walter Robert Stanley Smith, RNVR9 Oct 194227 Mar 1945
4T/A/Lt.Cdr. Reginald Hewitt King Bartley, RNR27 Mar 194523 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Blyth include:


16 Jan 1944
HMS Clyde (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Brookes, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Peterhead (Lt. D.P. Croom-Johnson, RNVR) and HMS Blyth (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.R.S. Smith, RNVR). (1)

17 Jan 1944
HMS Clyde (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Brookes, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Peterhead (Lt. D.P. Croom-Johnson, RNVR), HMS Blyth (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.R.S. Smith, RNVR), HMS Melbreak (Lt. G.J. Kirkby, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Tanatside (Cdr. B.J. de St. Croix, RN). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/18458

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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