Allied Warships

HMS Ben Gulvain (FY 1680)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1680 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched30 Sep 1914 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
History

Completed in October 1914.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 197 tons.

Returned to her owner in August 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Ben Gulvain (FY 1680)

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CommanderFromTo
1Ch.Skr. William Craig, RD, RNR18 Oct 1940Jul 1941
2Skr. Kenneth Samuel Hawkridge, RNRJul 194118 Dec 1941
3T/Skr. David Tawse, RNR18 Dec 194127 Jun 1944
4T/A/Ch.Skr. Donald Miller, RNR27 Jun 1944mid 1945

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