Allied Warships

HMS Hazard (J 02)

Minesweeper of the Halcyon class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassHalcyon 
PennantJ 02 
Built byWilliam Gray & Co. (Hartepool, U.K.) : N.E. Marine 
Ordered 
Laid down27 May 1936 
Launched26 Feb 1937 
Commissioned24 Nov 1937 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 22 April 1949.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. William Thomas Warren Curtis, RN
28 January 1939 – 14 September 1940

Lt.Cdr. John Richard Arthur Seymour, RN
14 September 1940 – 8 August 1942

Lt. George Collas Hocart, RNR (retired)
8 August 1942 – 5 January 1943

Lt.Cdr. Louis Conran Smith, RN
5 January 1943 - ???

T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Crawford, RNVR
??? – Still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Hazard (J 02)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. William Thomas Warren Curtis, RN28 Jan 193914 Sep 1940
2John Richard Arthur Seymour, RN14 Sep 19408 Aug 1942
3George Collas Hocart, RNR (retired)8 Aug 19425 Jan 1943
4Lt.Cdr. Louis Conran Smith, RN5 Jan 1943???

5John Crawford, RNVR???Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Hazard include:


26 May 1942
HMS Hazard (Lt.Cdr. J.R.A. Seymour, RN) picks up 28 survivors from the American merchant Syros that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-703 about 200 nautical miles south-west of Bear Island in position 72º35'N, 05º30'E.

5 Feb 1945
HMS Hazard and HMT Sir Lancelot both pick up survivors from the American merchant Henry B. Plant that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-245 about 17 nautical miles east of Ramsgate in position 51º19'N, 01º42'E.

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