| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 298 |
| Built by | Ferguson Bros. Ltd. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 18 Jan 1941 |
| Laid down | 16 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 4 Feb 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 Apr 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in May 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Hunda (T 298)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. William Birnie Brown, RNVR | 2 Mar 1942 | Dec 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Harold Malkin Bates, RNVR | Dec 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hunda include:
1 Feb 1943
HMS Sturgeon (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Mers el Kebir with HMS Westray (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Rhind, RNZNVR) and HMS Hunda (T/Lt. W.B. Brown, RNVR). (1)
30 Mar 1946
On passage from Malta to Gibraltar took a heavy sea causing furnace bearer bars to collapse. The engine room began to flood. An SOS was sent and the ship limped on at 4 Knots. A tug was sent to assist and the ship berthed in Gibraltar on 31 March 1946. The ship was commanded by Lieutenant Joseph William Bullock, RNVR for which he received a mention in dispatches from Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Station, Admiral A. Willis, dated 29 May 1946. (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/18143
- Personal communication
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.