| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 213 |
| Built by | Ferguson Bros. Ltd. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 15 Mar 1941 |
| Laid down | 16 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 28 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 6 Aug 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to the Italian Navy in January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Unst (T 213)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Jack Reardon Smith, RNR | 28 May 1942 | mid 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Fred Maurice Cornall, RNVR | mid 1943 | mid/late45 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Robert Alexander Smith, RNVR | mid/late45 |
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Notable events involving Unst include:
17 Dec 1942
HMS Thrasher (Lt. H.S. Mackenzie, DSO, RN) departed from Falmouth for Portsmouth. She made the passage together with HMS P 221 (Lt. M.F.R. Ainslie, DSC, RN). They were escorted by HMS Unst (T/Lt. J.R. Smith, RNR). (1)
3 Jan 1943
HMS Oberon (Lt.Cdr. J.W. McCoy, DSC, RN) departed Portsmouth for Rothesay. She made the passage together with HMS P 229 (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) and
HMS P 31 (Lt. L.E. Herrick, DSC, RN). They were escorted HMS Unst (T/Lt. J.R. Smith, RNR) until 0830/04 when the armed yacht HMS Star of India took over the escort. (2)
Sources
- ADM 199/1867
- ADM 173/17864
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.