| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 147 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 27 May 1940 |
| Laid down | 7 Aug 1940 |
| Launched | 2 Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 26 Apr 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in June 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Copinsay (T 147)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Skr. Edward Robert Harris, RNR | 8 Apr 1941 | Oct 1942 |
| 2 | Skr. Jock Alan MacTean, RNR | Oct 1942 | mid 1944 |
| 3 | T/Skr. Bertie Ernest Brown, RNR | mid 1944 |
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Notable events involving Copinsay include:
3 Apr 1942
HMS Copinsay (Skr. E.R. Harris, RNR) picks up 99 survivors from the US merchant ship West Irmo that was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-505 about 300 miles south-west of Takoradi.
24 Mar 1943
HMS P 615 (Lt. C.W.St.C. Lambert, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMS Copinsay (Skr. J.A. MacTean, RNR), ML 272 (T/Lt. J.A. Buchanan, RCNVR) and ML 277 (?). (1)
2 May 1944
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Hutley, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Lord Nuffield (A/Skr.Lt. C.L. Buchan, RNR) and HMS Copinsay (Skr. J.A. MacTean, RNR). (2)
3 May 1944
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Hutley, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Lord Nuffield (A/Skr.Lt. C.L. Buchan, RNR), HMS Copinsay (Skr. J.A. MacTean, RNR) and HMS Potentilla (Lt. R.H. Nossiter, DSC, RANVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 199/635
- ADM 173/18480
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.