Allied Warships

HMS Acacia (T 02)

MS Trawler of the Tree class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassTree 
PennantT 02 
Built byArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Scotland) : Plenty 
Ordered5 Jun 1939 
Laid down17 Aug 1939 
Launched7 Mar 1940 
Commissioned20 Jun 1940 
End service 
HistorySold in 1947.

 

Commands listed for HMS Acacia (T 02)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Ralph Newman, RNZNVR23 Jul 1940mid 1941
2T/Lt. Sir Joseph Herbert Spence Fayrer, DSC, RNVRmid 19411 Oct 1942
3T/Lt. John Bernard Corke, RNVR1 Oct 194212 Oct 1944
4T/Lt. Douglas Ford, RNVR12 Oct 1944

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Notable events involving Acacia include:


2 Apr 1943
HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portsmouth with a French Chasseur, HMS Kingston Turquoise (Ch.Skr. H.E. Dodd, RNR), HMS Acacia (T/Lt. J.B. Corke, RNVR) and HMS Deodar (T/Lt. S.A. Jarvis, RNR). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/18173

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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