| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Modified Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 23 |
| Built by | William Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 9 Jan 1941 |
| Laid down | 13 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 9 Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in 1965. |
Commands listed for HMS Crane (U 23)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Ralph Grosvenor Jenkins, RN | 25 Mar 1943 | 16 Jun 1946 |
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Notable events involving Crane include:
30 May 1943
HMS Sceptre (Lt. I.S. McIntosh, MBE, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Ledbury (Lt. D.R.N. Murdoch, RN) and HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (1)
23 Aug 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. J.M. Michell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS La Malbaie (T/Lt. J.S. Davis, RCNVR), HMCS Wetaskiwin (T/Lt.Cdr. J.R. Kidston, RCNVR) and HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (2)
24 Aug 1943
HMS H 28 (Lt. E.C. Croswell, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (3)
25 Aug 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. J.M. Michell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN) and aircraft. (2)
21 Nov 1943
German U-boat U-538 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 45°40'N, 19°35'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Foley (Lt.Cdr. D.E. Mansfield, RN) and the British sloop HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN).
2 Feb 1944
HMS Strongbow (Lt. J.A.R. Troup, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Hart (Cdr.(Retd.) M.B. Sherwood, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Woodcock (Cdr.(Retd.) J.F. Blackburn, DSO, RN) and HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (4)
3 Feb 1944
HMS Strongbow (Lt. J.A.R. Troup, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN) and HMS Whimbrel (Lt.Cdr. W.J. Moore, DSC, RNR). (4)
8 Apr 1944
German U-boat U-962 was sunk in north Atlantic north-west of Cape Finisterre, in position 45°43'N, 19°57'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN)
and HMS Cygnet (Cdr. D.M. MacLean, RN).
3 May 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Pelican (Cdr. J.S. Dalison, DSO, RN) and HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (5)
9 Nov 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Radiant (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.S.R. Shapland, RNVR) and HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (6)
10 Nov 1944
HMS H 50 (Lt. W.T.J. Fox, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, DSC, RN). (7)
27 Dec 1944
HMS Unswerving (T/Lt. M.D. Tattersall, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Alexandria with HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, DSC, RN). (8)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Unswerving (T/Lt. M.D. Tattersall, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Alexandria with HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, DSC, RN).
[No logs are available for HMS Unswerving after December 1944, so no further details can be provided other then the ones currently listed.] (8)
Sources
- ADM 173/18003
- ADM 173/17831
- ADM 173/17761
- ADM 173/18851
- File 2.12.03.6399 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- File 2.12.03.6400 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173.18534
- ADM 173/19272
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.