Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | Isles |
Pennant | T 344 |
Built by | J. Lewis & Sons Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
Ordered | 11 Apr 1942 |
Laid down | 23 Nov 1942 |
Launched | 20 Apr 1943 |
Commissioned | 25 Aug 1943 |
End service | |
History | Sold in 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Grassholm (T 344)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. John Anton Antonsen, RNR | 22 Jun 1943 | mid 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. Wilfred Arthur Wortham, RNVR | mid 1944 |
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Notable events involving Grassholm include:
17 Oct 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR), HMS Grassholm (T/Lt. J.A. Antonsen, RNR), HMS Vanessa (Lt. C.E. Sheen, DSC, RN) and HMS Northern Sun (T/Lt. H. Meredith, RNVR), (1)
24 Apr 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Grassholm (T/Lt. J.A. Antonsen, RNR), HMS Minalto (A/Skr.Lt. A.S.H. Robb, RD, RNR), HMS Asie (A/Ch.Skr. F. Oldman, RNR) and HMS Ellesmere (T/Lt. A.C. Munro, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18697
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.