Allied Warships

HMS Rowena (J 384)

Minesweeper of the Algerine class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAlgerine 
PennantJ 384 
ModReciprocating engined 
Built byLobnitz & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) 
Ordered9 Dec 1942 
Laid down20 Oct 1943 
Launched15 Jun 1944 
Commissioned6 Sep 1944 
End service 
History

Scrapped 23 October 1958.

 

Commands listed for HMS Rowena (J 384)

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
1A/Lt.Cdr. (retired) George Collas Hocart, DSC, RNRJun 1944Sep 1945
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Stuart Latham Stammwitz, RNVRSep 1945Nov 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.

Notable events involving Rowena include:


3 Nov 1944
HMS Vox (Lt. J.M. Michell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Malta, with aircraft and HMS Rowena (Lt.Cdr. G.C. Hogart, DSC, RNR).

Later this day D/G trials were carried out. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/19452

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


Return to the Allied Warships section