Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | Dance |
Pennant | T 120 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
Ordered | 9 Sep 1939 |
Laid down | 8 Dec 1939 |
Launched | 21 May 1940 |
Commissioned | 14 Sep 1940 |
End service | |
History | Transferred to the Italian Navy on 16 March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Hornpipe (T 120)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. John Russell Symon, RNR | 28 Aug 1940 | 1 Oct 1942 |
2 | T/Lt. John Gordon Aitken, RNR | 1 Oct 1942 | 4 Jan 1943 |
3 | Lt. Henry Legh de Legh, RNR | 4 Jan 1943 | Mar 1945 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald McNairn Teacher, RNVR | 1 Mar 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hornpipe include:
4 Oct 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. G.V. Prowse, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Hornpipe (T/Lt. J.R. Symon, RNR) and HMS Southern Shore (Skr. A.C. Whitcombe, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/16333
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.