Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 997 |
Built by | Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 12 Jul 1916 |
Commissioned | Mar 1940 |
End service | |
History | Completed in July 1916. Returned to her owner in December 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Ben Bhrackie (FY 997)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Skr. Harry James May, RNR | 18 May 1940 | 30 Aug 1940 |
2 | Skr. Lewis Percy Keable, RNR | 30 Aug 1940 | 23 Jan 1941 |
3 | T/Skr. Harry Lee, RNR | 23 Jan 1941 | 30 Jul 1941 |
4 | Skr. Thomas Brent Taylor, RNR | 30 Jul 1941 | 27 Mar 1942 |
5 | Skr. James Crombie Brown, RNR | 27 Mar 1942 | mid 1944 |
6 | T/A/Ch.Skr. Sidney Platten, RNR | mid 1944 | 7 Oct 1944 |
7 | T/Skr. John Walter Jordan, RNR | 7 Oct 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Ben Bhrackie include:
1 Aug 1940
HMS H 34 (Lt. A.F. Collett, RN) shifted from Lowestoft to Harwich. She was escorted by HMS Ben Bhrackie (T/Skr. H.J. May, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/16305
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.