| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 201 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 16 Nov 1940 |
| Laid down | 1 Apr 1941 |
| Launched | 26 Jun 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 Nov 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Lent to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1944. |
| Career notes | To Norway as Tromøy (ii) |
Commands listed for HMS Eday (T 201)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/Lt. Walter Youlle Surtees, RNR | 3 Nov 1941 | mid 1943 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Leslie George Harry Mole, RNVR | mid 1943 | mid 1944 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Thomas William Harford, RNVR | late 1944 | 5 Dec 1944 | |
| 4 | T/Lt. George Gordon Chisholm, RNVR | 5 Dec 1944 | early 1945 | |
| 5 | T/Lt. Jack Herbert Doughty, RNVR | 7 Jun 1945 | 16 Nov 1945 | |
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Notable events involving Eday include:
17 Jan 1942
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) departed Scapa Flow for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Trondheim. O 14 was escorted to a position East of the Shetland Islands by the British M/S trawler HMS Eday (T/Lt. W.Y. Surtees, RNR).
Before proceeding on patrol A/S exercises were carried out at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Middleton (Lt.Cdr. D.C. Kinloch, RN) and HMS Ludlow (Lt. G. Blackler, RN).
For the daily positions of HrMs O 14 during this patrol see the map below.
(1)
27 Dec 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Eday (T/Lt. G.G. Chisholm, RNVR), HMS Imperialist (T/Lt. L.G.H. Mole, RNVR), HMS Loch Craggie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.L.L. Davies, RNVR) and HMS St. Helena (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR). (2)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS St. Helena (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR), HMS Seabear (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.R. Patton, RNVR), HMS Snowdrop (Lt. J.B. Hogg, RNR) and HMS Eday (T/Lt. G.G. Chisholm, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 199/1856
- ADM 173/19424
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.