Allied Warships

HMS Cromarty (J 09)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 09 
Built byBlyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Whites M.E. 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Jun 1940 
Launched24 Feb 1941 
Commissioned13 Dec 1941 
Lost23 Oct 1943 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Cromarty (Lt.Cdr. Charles George Palmer, DSC, RNZNVR) was mined and sunk in the Straits of Bonifacio, Mediterranean on 23 October 1943. The Commanding officer was wounded in the sinking.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Charles George Palmer, DSC, RNZNVR
2 November 1941 – 23 October 1943 

Commands listed for HMS Cromarty (J 09)

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1Charles George Palmer, RNZNVR2 Nov 194123 Nov 1943

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12 Jul 1943
The Italian submarine Bronzo was captured off Syracuse, Sicily by the British minesweepers HMS Seaham, HMS Boston, HMS Poole and HMS Cromarty.

Bronzo was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS P 714. On 29 Janaury 1944 she was transferred to the Free French as Narval.

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