| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 1707 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 30 Jul 1930 |
| Commissioned | Apr 1940 |
| Lost | 8 Apr 1942 |
| History | Whaler of South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co., Leith, U.K.), taken over by the Admiralty in April 1940. HMS Svana (T/Lt. John McDonald Ruttan, DSC, RCNVR) was bombed and sunk by aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt. |
Commands listed for HMS Svana (FY 1707)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Skr. Lawrence Oliver, RNR | 17 Sep 1940 | 4 Sep 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John McDonald Ruttan, RCNVR | 4 Sep 1941 | 8 Apr 1942 |
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Notable events involving Svana include:
5 Jan 1941
At Lindi, the light cruiser HMS Ceres (Capt. E.G. Abbott, AM, RN) fuelled and stored four M/S whalers of the 142nd Minesweeping Group. These were the Sarna, Soika, Sotra and Svana.
All ships then departed Lindi later the same day. (1)
21 Feb 1942
HMS Svana (T/Lt. J.M. Ruttan, RCNVR) is docked in the Gabbari Dock at Alexandria.
[Date of undocking currently not known to us.] (2)
Sources
- ADM 53/113882
- ADM 53/116464
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.