Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 363 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 25 Jan 1942 |
End service | |
History | Completed in March 1931. Captured by the British after the fall of France on 3 July 1940 and transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, being commissioned on 25 November 1940. Transferred to the Royal Navy on 25 January 1942. Scrapped in Belgium late 1956. |
Commands listed for HMS Notre Dame de France (FY 363)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. John Coxall, RNR | 16 Jan 1942 | 10 Sep 1943 |
2 | Skr. William John Salisbury, RD, RNR | 10 Sep 1943 |
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Notable events involving Notre Dame de France include:
12 Jun 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. R. Bannar-Martin, RN) shifted from Falmouth to Portland. She was escorted by HMS Saladin (Lt. A.A. Diggens, DSC, RN) until 1000 hours when Notre Dame de France (A/Skr.Lt. J. Coxall, RNR) took over the escort duties. (1)
13 Jun 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. R. Bannar-Martin, RN) shifted from Portland to Portsmouth. She was escorted by Notre Dame de France (A/Skr.Lt. J. Coxall, RNR). (1)
7 Aug 1943
HMS Umbra (Lt. P.H. May, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Lord Stanhope (A/Skr.Lt. W.R.A. Hicks, DSC, RNR), HMS Olvina (A/Skr.Lt. J. Howson, RNR), HMS Grimsby Town (Skr. W.A. Cormack, DSC, RNR) and Notre Dame de France (A/Skr.Lt. J. Coxall, RNR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/17817
- ADM 173/18331
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.