| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 246 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 17 Sep 1936 |
| Commissioned | Jan 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in October 1936. Lent to the Portugese Navy on 8 October 1943. |
Commands listed for HMS Cape Portland (FY 246)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/S.Lt. Bernard George Abbott Savage, RNR | 24 Jan 1940 | 6 May 1940 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Olman Todd Harrison, RNR | 6 May 1940 | 6 Dec 1940 | |
| 3 | S.Lt. John Vernon Lobb, RANVR | 6 Dec 1940 | Jan 1941 | |
| 4 | T/Lt. Awdry Leopold Cole, RNVR | Jan 1941 | Feb 1941 | |
| 5 | Lt. Alan Branson, RNR | Feb 1941 | 7 Jul 1942 | |
| 6 | T/Lt. Keir Francis Rasmussen, RNR | 7 Jul 1942 | 8 Oct 1943 | |
| 7 | T/Lt. Douglas Oscar Denton, RNVR | 25 Sep 1944 | ||
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Notable events involving Cape Portland include:
22 Jan 1943
HMS Cape Portland (Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR) picks up two survivors from the Swedish merchant Neva that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-358 in the scattered convoy UR-59 in position 61°35'N, 14°15'W.
6 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Saladin (Lt. A.A. Diggens, DSC, RN), HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR), HMS Fame (Capt. R. Heathcote, DSO, RN) and HMS Moyola (Lt.Cdr. H.N. Lawson, RD, RNR). (1)
10 Jul 1943
HMS H 34 (T/Lt. R.L. Willoughby, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR), HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Burnett, DSC, RN), HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. T. Johnston, RN) and HMS Rother (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RD, RNR). (2)
11 Jul 1943
HMS H 34 (T/Lt. R.L. Willoughby, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Burnett, DSC, RN), HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. T. Johnston, RN), HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR), HMS Saxifrage (T/Lt. J. Renwick, DSO, RNR) and HMS Rother (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RD, RNR). (2)
12 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. T. Johnston, RN), HMS Saxifage (T/Lt. J. Renwick, DSO, RNR), HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR) and HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR). (1)
19 Nov 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS St. Kenan (T/Lt. J.B. Newland, RNVR) and HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. D.O. Denton, RNVR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/17926
- ADM 173/17796
- ADM 173/19423
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.