| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | Dance |
| Pennant | T 151 |
| Built by | Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 9 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 6 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 12 Mar 1941 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in May 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Valse (T 151)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Donald Swinborne Hutton, RNR | May 1941 | 24 Sep 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Harold Malcolm Collier, RNR | 24 Sep 1942 | 4 Aug 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Eric John Newell, RNVR | 4 Aug 1943 | 12 Jun 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Basil Harry Sydney Arendt, RNVR | 12 Jun 1944 | 5 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Valse include:
25 Nov 1942
HMS P 55 (Lt. A.D. Piper, DSC and 2 bars, RNR) departed Blyth for Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS Valse (Lt. H.M. Collier, RNR) until 0800/27 when HMS La Capricieuse (Lt.Cdr. G.W. Dobson, RNR) took over the escort. (1)
18 Apr 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Methill with HMS Castleton (Lt. S.E. Jagger, RN), HMS Polka (T/Lt. I.A. Thorpe, MBE, RNVR), HMS Leicester City (T/Lt. C.E. Irving, RNVR), HMS Valse (T/Lt. E.J. Newell, RNVR) and HMS Spurs (A/Skr.Lt. E.J. Day, RNR). (2)
7 May 1945
HMS Valse and HMS Leicester City together pick up 19 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Sneland I that was torpedoed and sunk near May Island in the Firth of Forth in position 56°10'N, 02°31'W by German U-boat U-2336.
Sources
- ADM 173/17432
- ADM 173/19315
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.