Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | Hill |
Pennant | T 224 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
Ordered | 15 Mar 1941 |
Laid down | 11 Jul 1941 |
Launched | 4 Dec 1941 |
Commissioned | 29 May 1942 |
End service | |
History | Sold to Hellyer Brothers Limited, Hull on 4 April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Dunkery (T 224)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. William Keith Buckley, RNVR | 9 Apr 1942 | 25 Aug 1942 |
2 | T/Lt. Stanley Martin Booker, RNVR | 25 Aug 1942 | Nov 1943 |
3 | T/Lt. Ernest Ross, RNVR | Nov 1943 | Jan 1945 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Stanley Reffelle Shapland, RNVR | Jan 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dunkery include:
12 Sep 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Pennyworth (T/Lt. R.A. Mason, RNVR), HMS Clover (Lt.Cdr. F.A. Shaw, RNR), HMS Anemone (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, RD, RNR), HMS Abelia (T/Lt. F. Ardern, RNR) and HMS Dunkery (T/Lt. S.M. Booker, RNVR). (1)
13 Sep 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Dunkery (T/Lt. S.M. Booker, RNVR) and HMS Highlander (Cdr. E.C.L. Day, RN). (1)
14 Sep 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Dunkery (T/Lt. S.M. Booker, RNVR), HMS Fame (Cdr. R. Heathcote, RN) and HMS Chelsea (Lt.Cdr. J.E.R. Wilford, RNR). (1)
15 Sep 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Dunkery (T/Lt. S.M. Booker, RNVR) and HMS Fame (Cdr. R. Heathcote, RN). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/17253
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.