Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Whaler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 1775 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 22 Jul 1925 |
Commissioned | Apr 1940 |
End service | |
History | Completed in August 1925. Returned to owner in October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Soika (FY 1775)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | W Geddes, RNR | 17 Sep 1940 | early 1941 | |
2 | T/S.Lt. Malcolm Harry Riddick, RNR | Sep 1941 | 14 Nov 1941 | |
3 | T/Lt. Charles Forrester Bailey, RNVR | 14 Nov 1941 | 11 Apr 1942 | |
4 | T/Lt. John McDonald Ruttan, RCNVR | 11 Apr 1942 | 28 Jul 1942 | |
5 | Skr. James Thomson, RNR | 28 Jul 1942 | 9 Dec 1942 | |
6 | T/Skr. Ezra Heaton Brooks, RNR | 9 Dec 1942 | Jun 1944 | |
7 | T/A/Ch.Skr. Robert Charles Allen, DSC, RNR | 1 Jun 1944 | Oct 1944 (1) | |
8 | T/Skr. Arthur Guy Seaman, RNR | Oct 1944 | mid 1945 |
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