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Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Halcyon
Pennant	J 63
Built by	William Hamilton & Co. (Port Glasgow, Scotland): A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down	2 Nov, 1936
Launched	5 Oct, 1937
Commissioned	31 Mar, 1938
Lost	24 Jun, 1942
Loss position	68.59N, 33.03E (See a map)

History	HMS Gossamer (Lt.Cdr. Thomas Crosbie Crease, RN) was sunk by German aircraft off the Kola Inlet, Russia in position 68º59'N, 33º03'E. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Reginald Cecil Haskett-Smith, RN 5 January 1939 – 21 February 1940 Cdr. Richard Cyril Vesey Ross, RN 21 February 1940 – October 1940 DSO awarded on 7 June 1940 Lt.Cdr. Alan David Hastings Jay, RN October 1940 – 21 July 1941 Lt.Cdr. Thomas Crosbie Crease, RN 21 July 1941 – 24 June 1942

HMS Gossamer (J 63)