Allied Warships

HMS Wistaria (T 113)

MS Trawler of the Tree class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassTree 
PennantT 113 
Built bySmith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered5 Jun 1939 
Laid down19 Jul 1939 
Launched10 Nov 1939 
Commissioned16 Feb 1940 
End service 
HistorySold in March 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Wistaria (T 113)

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. Horace Charles Aisthorpe, RNR19 Jan 19405 Mar 1940
2T/Lt. Neville Rhodes Arimitage, RNVR5 Mar 194021 May 1940
3Skr. Albert Scott Henderson Robb, RD, RNR21 May 194020 Jun 1942
4Skr. Reginald Walter Denny, RNR20 Jun 194222 Jul 1942
5Skr. Arthur George Day, RNR22 Jul 194230 Sep 1943
6A/Skr.Lt. John Henry Consadine, DSC, RNRSep 194317 Sep 1944
7A/Skr.Lt. William Richard Alward Hicks, DSC, RNR17 Sep 194411 Feb 1945
8A/Ch.Skr. (A/Skr.Lt.) Alfred Walter Craig, DSC, RNR11 Feb 194518 Nov 1945

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Notable events involving Wistaria include:


27 Feb 1940
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Wanklyn, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Valena (Capt. W.H. Poole, RNR) and HMS Wistaria (Skr. H.C. Aisthorpe, RNR). (1)

15 Nov 1940
The light cruiser HMS Naiad (Capt. M.H.A. Kelsey, DSC, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral E.L.S. King, CB, MVO, RN) destroyed the existing W/T station in Jameson Bay on Jan Mayen Island. A German expedition was to have landed between 0600/15 and 0600/17 and the British were aware of this.

The next day, at 0430 on the 16th, two M/S trawlers arrived from Iceland to assist HMS Naiad, these were; HMS Elm (T/Lt. E.W.C. Dempster, RNVR) and HMS Wistaria (Skr. A.S.H. Robb, RD, RNR).

At daylight on the 16th, HMS Naiad sighted a trawler, the Hinrich Freese (384 GRT, built 1930), to the northward of Jameson Bay. Unable to escape the Germans grounded their trawler but the members of the expedition were captured non the less except for two who had drowned. The enemy trawler was then destroyed with gunfire.

HMS Naiad returned to Scapa Flow on 18 November. HMS Naiad sustained some weather damage during this operation. The two British trawlers returned to Iceland. (2)

12 Aug 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Kingston Agate (Lt. H.O. L’Estrange, RNR), HMS Hoxa (T/Lt. H.P Davies, RNR), HMS Kingston Amber (T/Lt. R.J. Kennedy, RNR) and HMS Wistaria (Skr. R.W. Denny, RNR). (3)

4 Feb 1944
HMS Una (T/L. P.S. Thirsk, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Lennox (Lt.Cdr. T.T. Euman, RN) and HMS Wistaria (A/Skr.Lt. J.H. Consadine, DSC, RNR). (4)

5 Feb 1944
HMS Una (T/L. P.S. Thirsk, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Lennox (Lt.Cdr. T.T. Euman, RN) and HMS Wistaria (A/Skr.Lt. J.H. Consadine, DSC, RNR). (4)

6 Feb 1944
HMS Una (T/L. P.S. Thirsk, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Lennox (Lt.Cdr. T.T. Euman, RN), HMS Wistaria (A/Skr.Lt. J.H. Consadine, DSC, RNR) and HMS Grain (A/Skr.Lt. E.J.L. Davies, RNR). (5)

7 Feb 1944
HMS Una (T/L. P.S. Thirsk, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Lennox (Lt.Cdr. T.T. Euman, RN), HMS Wistaria (A/Skr.Lt. J.H. Consadine, DSC, RNR) and HMS Grain (A/Skr.Lt. E.J.L. Davies, RNR). (4)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/16283
  2. ADM 199/393
  3. File 2.12.03.6377 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
  4. ADM 173/19189
  5. ADM 199/19189

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


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