HMS Busen 7 (FY 1854)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	MS Whaler
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	FY 1854
Built by	Kaldnes Mekaniske Værksted (Tonsberg, Norway)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	30 Sep 1926
Commissioned	1940
End service
History	Completed on 23 October 1926. Norwegian whaler Busen 7 of A/S Tønsberg Hvalfangeri, Tønsberg, Norway taken over by the Admiralty in 1940/1941. Displacement: 254 tons. Renamed HMS Silhouette in September 1941. Served in RNN from 11 March 1943 - 1946. Returned to owner in February 1947.

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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Allen Bernard Tenger, RANVR	13 Mar 1942	May 1942

2	T/Lt. Edward Adrian Ivor Evans, SANF(V)	31 Aug 1942	11 Mar 1943

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