Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | T 15 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 8 Jul 1933 |
Commissioned | Nov 1935 |
End service | |
History | Completed in August 1933. Sold in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Cornelian (T 15)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Boatswain John Allsop, RN | 15 Jun 1939 | 14 Feb 1940 |
2 | T/Lt. Harold Fletcher Hayes, RNVR | 14 Feb 1940 | 1 Jul 1941 |
3 | T/Lt. Sydney Gorrell, RNR | 1 Jul 1941 |
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Notable events involving Cornelian include:
16 Jan 1941
HMS Unbeaten (Lt. E.A. Woodward, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Dartmouth with HNoMS Mansfield (Cdr. F. Ulstrup, RNorN) and HMS Cornelian (T/Lt. H.F. Hayes, RNVR). (1)
26 Feb 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.R. Pelly, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Tynedale (Lt. J.J.S. Yorke, DSC, RN), ORP Krakowiak (Lt.Cdr. W. Maracewicz) and later with HMS Cornelian (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S. Gorrell, RNR). (2)
11 Feb 1945
HMS Cornelian (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S. Gorrell, RNR) picks up 16 survivors from the Belgian merchant Persier that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-1017 off the Eddystone Lighthouse in position 50°14'N, 04°20'W.
Sources
- ADM 173/17106
- ADM 173/17921
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.