| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 145 |
| Built by | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 4 May 1940 |
| Laid down | 19 Aug 1940 |
| Launched | 3 Mar 1941 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jun 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Cava (T 145)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Andrew Morris Taylor, RNR | 5 Jun 1941 | 28 Nov 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Edward David James Cox, RNR | 28 Nov 1941 | 19 May 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Reginald Llewellyn Petty-Major, RNVR | 19 May 1942 | Feb 1945 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Rudolph Lord, RNVR | Feb 1945 | mid/late45 |
| 5 | T/Lt. John Oliver McKeown, RNVR | mid/late45 | early 1946 |
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Notable events involving Cava include:
11 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Brora (T/Lt. L.A. Enevoldson, RNVR), HMS Cumbrae (T/Lt. C.E. Midwinter, RNR), HMS Cava (T/Lt. A.M. Taylor, RNR) and HMS Flotta (T/Lt. G.L McArthur, RANVR). (1)
12 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Cava (T/Lt. A.M. Taylor, RNR), HMS Flotta (T/Lt. G.L McArthur, RANVR), HMS Romeo (T/Skr. W.R.H. Stewart, RNR) and HMS Minuet (T/Lt. A.M. Sullivan, RNVR). (1)
14 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Cava (T/Lt. A.M. Taylor, RNR), HMS Flotta (T/Lt. G.L McArthur, RANVR), HMS Le Tiger (T/Lt. C.A. Hoodless, RNR) and HMS Romeo (T/Skr. W.R.H. Stewart, RNR). (1)
20 Jan 1943
HMS P 211 (Cdr. B. Bryant, DSC, RN) departed Algiers for her 8th war patrol (also 8th in the Mediterranean). She was ordered to patrol off Naples, Italy.
Before proceeding on patrol A/S exercises were carried out with the British M/S trawlers HMS Juliet (Lt. L.B. Moffatt, RNR) and HMS Cava (T/Lt. R.L. Petty-Major, RNVR) and later with HMS Polruan (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.S. Landers, RNR) and HMS Brixham (Lt. G.A. Simmers, DSC, RNR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6376 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 199/1839
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.