Minesweeper of the Bangor class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 105 |
| Built by | Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Whites M.E. |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 6 Nov, 1940 |
| Launched | 21 Oct, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 19 Aug, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold 7 July 1948.
Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.I. Leake, RNVR
17 July 1942 – 6 October 1942
Lt. Graham Allen Simmers, RNR
6 October 1942 – May 1943
DSC awarded on 1 January 1943
T/Lt. Charles Henry Walton, RNR
May 1943 - ???
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
??? T/Lt. William Kenneth Lewis, RNVR ???
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HMS Brixham is not listed as active unit in the April 1945 Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Brixham include: 24 Feb, 1943
HMS Brixham picks up 53 men from the American merchant Nathanael Greene that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-565 about 40 nautical miles northeast of Oran in position 35º56'N, 00º05'E.
Brixham took the Nathanael Greene in tow until the British rescue tug HMRT Restive took over at 21.00 hours and beached the vessel at Salamanda, four miles west of Mostaganem at 06.30 hours the next day. |
