| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 1858 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 14 Aug 1915 |
| Commissioned | 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in January 1916. Returned to her owner in August 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Night Hawk (FY 1858)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/Lt. Gilbert Paterson, RNVR | 21 Nov 1939 | mid/late40 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Brian John Parmenter Kelly, DSC, RNVR | 28 Mar 1941 | 15 Feb 1942 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Ronald Edwin Taylor, RNVR | 15 Feb 1942 | 9 May 1942 | |
| 4 | R N Simonsen, RNVR | 9 May 1942 | 10 Jan 1944 | |
| 5 | T/Lt. John Colin Smith, RNVR | 10 Jan 1944 | late 1945 | |
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Notable events involving Night Hawk include:
24 Dec 1941
HMS H 28 (Lt. J.C. Ogle, DSC, RN) arrived at Falmouth. She had made rendez-vous around 0920 hours with HMS H 50 (Lt. E.T. Stanley, RN) and HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN). THey were escorted in by the torpedo boat HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.J. Steensma, RNN) and MS trawler HMS Fluellen (T/Lt. D.P. Richardson, RNVR).
After fuelling, provisioning and having effected some repairs H 28 departed Falmouth at 2100 to resume her patrol. She was escorted out until 2320 hours by HMS Night Hawk (T/Lt. B.J.P. Kelly, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1828
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.