Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Bangor |
Pennant | J 53 |
Mod | Turbine engined |
Built by | Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Whites M.E. |
Ordered | 28 Aug 1939 |
Laid down | 21 Jun 1940 |
Launched | 5 Jun 1941 |
Commissioned | 3 Mar 1942 |
End service | |
History | Sold on 1 January 1948. |
Commands listed for HMS Dunbar (J 53)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Robert Archibald Vallings, DSC, RNR | 15 Jan 1942 | 6 Jan 1943 |
2 | Lt. James Francis Borlace, RN | 6 Jan 1943 | 18 Sep 1944 |
3 | Lt. Harry Guy Vere, DSC, RN | 18 Sep 1944 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dunbar include:
11 Apr 1942
HMS P 511 (Lt. D.E.O. Watson, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dunbar (T/Lt. R.A. Vallings, DSC, RNR), HMS Asie (Skr. F.C. Butler, RNR), HMS Llandudno (A/Cdr. R. Frederick, RN) and HMIS Orissa (Lt. D. Whyte, RIN). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/17493
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.