Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Bangor |
Pennant | J 19 |
Mod | Turbine engined |
Built by | William Hamilton & Co. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) : White |
Ordered | 21 Jul 1939 |
Laid down | 29 Sep 1939 |
Launched | 18 Mar 1941 |
Commissioned | 3 Jul 1941 |
End service | |
History | Scrapped in April 1950. |
Commands listed for HMS Rothesay (J 19)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Alaster Angus Martin, DSC, RD, RNR | 17 Jul 1941 | early 1945 |
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Notable events involving Rothesay include:
30 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Campion (Lt.Cdr. A. Johnson, RNVR), HMS Rothesay (Cdr. A.A. Martin, DSC, RD, RNR) and HMS Felixstowe (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Corbet-Singleton, DSC, RN). (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6377 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)