Allied Warships

HMS Ben Gairn

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
Pennant 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched17 Oct 1916 
CommissionedJun 1940 
Lost4 May 1941 
History

Completed in November 1916.
Taken over by the Admiralty in June 1940.
Displacement: 234 tons.

HMT Ben Gairn (T/Lt. R.H. Le Masurier, RNVR) was mined off Lowesoft, England on 4 May 1941.

 

Commands listed for HMS Ben Gairn

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Robert Hugh Le Masurier, RNVR27 Jan 19414 May 1941

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