Allied Warships

HMS Seagull (J 85)

Minesweeper of the Halcyon class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassHalcyon 
PennantJ 85 
Built byDevonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.) : Richardson Westgarth 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Feb 1937 
Launched28 Oct 1937 
Commissioned30 May 1938 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped in May 1965.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. David Hugh Harries, RAN
3 July 1939 – September 1940

Cdr. Robert Henry Vivian Sivewright, RN (retired)
September 1940 – 30 June 1941

Lt.Cdr. Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell, RN (retired)
30 June 1941 – 19 August 1941

Lt.Cdr. Charles Harington Pollock, RN
19 August 1941 – 16 August 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Wilson Ellis, DSC, RNR
16 August 1943 – 13 February 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Pearson, DSC, RNR
13 February 1945 – ???

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Lt.Cdr. Colin Courtenay Lowry, RN
26 September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Seagull (J 85)

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CommanderFromTo
1David Hugh Harries, RAN3 Jul 1939Sep 1940
2Cdr. (retired) Robert Henry Vivian Sivewright, RNSep 194030 Jun 1941
3Frederick Richard Guy Maunsell, RN (retired)30 Jun 194119 Aug 1941
4S.Lt. Charles Harington Pollock, RN19 Aug 194116 Aug 1943
5Robert Wilson Ellis, RNVR16 Aug 194313 Feb 1945
6A/Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Pearson, DSC, RNR13 Feb 1945???

7Lt.Cdr. Colin Courtenay Lowry, RN26 Sep 194526 Sep 1945

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Noteable events involving Seagull include:


22 Sep 1942
HMS Seagull (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Pollock, RN) picks up 89 survivors from the British merchant Ocean Voice that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-435 west of Jan Mayen Island in position 71º23'N, 11º03'W.

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