Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Whaler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 1701 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 25 Aug 1930 |
Commissioned | Mar 1940 |
End service | |
History | Whaler of Sevilla Whaling Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co., Leith, U.K.), taken over by the Admiralty in March 1940. Displacement: 245 tons. Returned to owner in June 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Bouvet 4 (FY 1701)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. Thomas Buchan, RNR | 16 Sep 1940 | 14 Jan 1941 |
2 | Skr.Lt. (retired) Thomas Fraser, DSC, RD, RNR | 14 Jan 1941 | 12 Apr 1941 |
3 | Skr. Wilfred Thompson, RNR | 12 Apr 1941 | 15 Dec 1942 |
4 | T/Skr. Robert Keith Weightman, RNR | 15 Dec 1942 | Mar 1945 |
5 | T/Skr. George Richard Walker, RNR | Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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