Allied Warships

HMS Steepholm (T 356)

MS Trawler of the Isles class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassIsles 
PennantT 356 
Built byJ. Lewis & Sons Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered30 Jul 1942 
Laid down7 Apr 1943 
Launched15 Jul 1943 
Commissioned1 Dec 1943 
End service 
HistoryScrapped 18 June 1960.

 

Commands listed for HMS Steepholm (T 356)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Stephen Crighton Dickenson, RNVRNov 194312 Dec 1944
2T/Lt. Herbert William Ridley Bryan, RNVR12 Dec 1944mid 1945

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Notable events involving Steepholm include:


1 Feb 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Recruit (T/Cdr. G.E.W.W. Bayly, RNVR), HMS Fancy (A/Lt.Cdr. G.A. Simmers, DSC, RNR), HMS Fort York (T/Lt. E.W. De la Mare, RNR) and HMS Steepholm (T/Lt. S.C. Dickenson, RNVR). (1)

2 Feb 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Steepholm (T/Lt. S.C. Dickenson, RNVR), HMS Recruit (T/Cdr. G.E.W.W. Bayly, RNVR) and HMS Fancy (A/Lt.Cdr. G.A. Simmers, DSC, RNR). (1)

26 Apr 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Steepholm (T/Lt. S.C. Dickenson, RNVR), HMS Ambrose Pare (Ch.Skr. J.W. Morris, RNR) and HMS Wensleydale (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR). (2)

Sources

  1. File 2.12.03.6384 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
  2. ADM 173/18697

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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