| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 248 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 9 Mar 1936 |
| Commissioned | Nov 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in April 1936. Returned in November 1945.
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Commands listed for HMS Stella Canopus (FY 248)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) Harold Richard Ware Turnor, RN | 4 Nov 1939 | 30 Jan 1940 | |
| 2 | Skr. Walter Charles King, RNR | 30 Jan 1940 | ||
| 3 | Skr. Ernest John Attridge, RNR | 15 Oct 1940 | Jun 1942 | |
| 4 | Skr. George Bruce, RNR | Jun 1942 | 2 Sep 1942 | |
| 5 | Skr. Harold Edward Burman, RNR | 2 Sep 1942 | 20 Jan 1943 | |
| 6 | T/Skr. Lawrence Ford, RNR | 20 Jan 1943 | 17 Aug 1943 | |
| 7 | Skr.Lt. William John Valentine Mullender, DSC, RD, RNR | 17 Aug 1943 | ||
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Notable events involving Stella Canopus include:
1 Jun 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises in the Firth of Forth with HMS Leeds (Lt. B.H. Brown, RN), HMS Lady Beryl and HMS Stella Conopus (T/Skr. L. Ford, RNR).
HMS Vivien (Lt. L.E. Blackmore, RN). (1)
7 Oct 1943
HMS Uther (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Dundee with HMS Wells (Lt. D.D. Bone, RN), HMS St. Marys (Lt. D.B.G. Dumas, RN) and HMS Stella Conopus (Skr.Lt. W.J.V. Mullender, DSC, RD, RNR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6390 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18397
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.