| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Tree |
| Pennant | T 127 |
| Built by | Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1939 |
| Laid down | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Launched | 10 Nov 1939 |
| Commissioned | 28 Feb 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Whitethorn (T 127)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. William George Howe Bolton, RNR | 27 Mar 1940 | Feb 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Joseph Griffiths, RNR | Feb 1941 | 11 Feb 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. George William Slough, RANVR | 11 Feb 1943 | 4 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Leslie Roy Coe, RNVR | 4 Sep 1944 | 3 Mar 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Edwin Stanley Robert Swan, RNVR | 3 Mar 1945 | 15 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Whitethorn include:
6 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Bellwort (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.G. Donald, RNVR) and HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR). (1)
7 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Bellwort (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.G. Donald, RNVR) and HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR). (1)
13 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Bellwort (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.G. Donald, RNVR) and HMS Tynwald (A/Capt. (retired) F.T. Peters, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR) and another vessel. (1)
15 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) shifted from Tobermory to Oban. She was escorted by HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR). (1)
14 Apr 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. J.S. Launders, RN) conducted A/S exercises off the Isle of Mull together with HMS Coverley (T/Lt. L.R. Lord, RNVR), HMS Sapper (T/Lt. R.C. Lees, RNR), HMS Burwell (Lt. A.H. Parish, RN) and HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. G.W. Slough, RANVR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6369 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/17923
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.