Allied Warships

HMS Pol VI (FY 907)

MS Whaler

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	MS Whaler
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	FY 907
Built by	Nylands Værksted (Oslo, Norway)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	20 Jun 1935
Commissioned	Oct 1940
End service
History	Completed on 29 Augut 1935. Norwegian whaler of Hvalfangerselskap Polaris A/S (Melsom & Melsom) Larvik, Norway taken over by the Admiralty in October 1940. Displacement: 254 tons. Renamed HMS Oksøy in 1942 and manned by a Norwegian crew. Renamed HMS Cyclone in August 1944 and manned by a British crew. Returned to owner in April 1946.

Commands listed for HMS Pol VI (FY 907)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Ralph Orlando Tyrer, RNVR	Dec 1944	1 Feb 1945
2	T/Lt. Alfred Joseph Harradine, RNVR	1 Feb 1945	19 Apr 1945
3	T/Lt. Robert McAlister, RNR	19 Apr 1945	late 1945

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