Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Whaler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 1724 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 12 Feb 1929 |
Commissioned | May 1941 |
Lost | 9 Mar 1942 |
History | Whaler of South Georgia Co. Ltd. (Chr.Salvesen & Co.), Jersey, taken over by the Admiralty in May 1941. Displacement: 253 tons. Transferred to the Soviet Union in February 1942. On 9 March 1942, while enroute to the Soviet Union for delivery, Shera (T/Lt. William Edward Bulmer, RNR) capsized in heavy weather and ice conditions in the Barents Sea. |
Commands listed for HMS Shera (FY 1724)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | R N Simonsen, RNVR | 18 Sep 1940 | 1 Feb 1942 |
2 | T/Lt. William Edward Bulmer, RNR | 1 Feb 1942 | 9 Mar 1942 (+) |
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