Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 182 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 11 Oct 1934 |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
Lost | 12 Oct 1940 |
History | Completed in December 1934. HMT Warwick Deeping (Skipper John Robert Bruce, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk by German torpedo boats off the Isle of Wight on 12 October 1940. |
Commands listed for HMS Warwick Deeping (FY 182)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Kenneth McMillan Drake, RNR | 22 Sep 1939 | May 1940 |
2 | Skr. John Robert Bruce, RNR | May 1940 | 12 Oct 1940 |
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Notable events involving Warwick Deeping include:
18 Oct 1939
HMS H 43 (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) shifted from Portsmouth to Portland. She was escorted by HMS Warwick Deeping (Lt.Cdr. K.M. Drake, RNR) (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/15730
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.