| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | 4.18 |
| Built by | Deschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in September 1936. Taken over by the Admiralty on 31 August 1939. Displacement: 655 tons. Returend to her owner on 12 December 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Northern Sun (4.18)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Ronald Robertson Lyle, RN | 10 Sep 1939 | 31 Jan 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Leonard Charles Hill, OBE, RNR | 31 Jan 1940 | 26 Apr 1940 |
| 3 | T/S.Lt. Thomas Bruce Stewart Brown, RNVR | 26 Apr 1940 | 19 Jun 1940 |
| 4 | Lt. James Andrew, RNR | 19 Jun 1940 | Oct 1941 |
| 5 | T/Lt. George Thomas Sidney Clampitt, RNR | Oct 1941 | Jan 1942 |
| 6 | T/Lt. William Gilbert Nigel Aplin, RNR | Jan 1942 | 23 Jun 1943 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Harry Meredith, RNVR | 23 Jun 1943 | 11 Feb 1944 |
| 8 | T/Lt. Stanley Grant Fowler, RNR | 11 Feb 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Northern Sun include:
17 Oct 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR), HMS Grassholm (T/Lt. J.A. Antonsen, RNR), HMS Vanessa (Lt. C.E. Sheen, DSC, RN) and HMS Northern Sun (T/Lt. H. Meredith, RNVR), (1)
5 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Northern Pride (T/Lt. D.O. Humphreys, DSC, RNVR), HMS Northern Sun (T/Lt. S.G. Fowler, RNR), HMS Northern Reward (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMCS Regina (T/Lt. J.W. Radford, RCNR), HMCS Owen Sound (T/Skr.Lt. J.M. Watson, RCNR) and one other vessel [unable to read the name in the log of HMS H 28]. (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18472
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.