Allied Warships

HMS Bouvet 4 (FY 1701)

MS Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Whaler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1701 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched25 Aug 1930 
CommissionedMar 1940 
End service 
History

Whaler of Sevilla Whaling Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co., Leith, U.K.), taken over by the Admiralty in March 1940. Displacement: 245 tons.

Returned to owner in June 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Bouvet 4 (FY 1701)

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. Thomas Buchan, RNR16 Sep 194014 Jan 1941
2Skr.Lt. (retired) Thomas Fraser, DSC, RD, RNR14 Jan 194112 Apr 1941
3Skr. Wilfred Thompson, RNR12 Apr 194115 Dec 1942
4T/Skr. Robert Keith Weightman, RNR15 Dec 1942Mar 1945
5T/Skr. George Richard Walker, RNRMar 1945mid 1945

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