| 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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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| 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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Notable events involving Soika include:
5 Jan 1941
At Lindi, the light cruiser HMS Ceres (Capt. E.G. Abbott, AM, RN) fuelled and stored four M/S whalers of the 142nd Minesweeping Group. These were the Sarna, Soika, Sotra and Svana.
All ships then departed Lindi later the same day. (2)
Sources
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.