Allied Warships

HMS Ilfracombe (J 95)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 95 
Built byWilliam Hamilton & Co. (Port Glasgow, Scotland): Whites M.E. 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Oct 1939 
Launched29 Jan 1941 
Commissioned20 Aug 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 1 January 1948.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Layland Dudley Hoare, RNR
22 July 1941 – 6 November 1942

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Kenley Hart, RANVR
6 November 1942 – 10 July 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. G. Griddle, DSC, RN
10 July 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Ilfracombe (J 95)

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CommanderFromTo
1Harry Layland Dudley Hoare, RNR22 Jul 19416 Nov 1942

2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Kenley Hart, RANVR3 Nov 194310 Jul 1944
3G. Griddle, RN10 Jul 1944Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Ilfracombe include:


22 Jun 1944
HMS Ilfracombe (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.K. Hart, RANVR) was damaged by an aerially delivered mine off Normandy beaches. (source: Report by the Allied Naval Commander in Chief, Expeditionary Force, on Neptune, Volume II, Part II, Defence of the British Assault Area, Section V, Casualties Subsequent to the Assault, p. 23)

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