Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower (rev.) |
Pennant | K 348 |
Built by | Ferguson Shipbuilders. Ltd. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) |
Ordered | 22 Jul 1942 |
Laid down | 2 Nov 1942 |
Launched | 31 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 23 Sep 1943 |
End service | |
History | Loaned to the Royal Indian Navy on 15 May 1945. |
Career notes | To the Royal Indian Navy as HMIS Gondwana |
Commands listed for HMS Burnet (K 348)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Dudley Stewart Charles, RNR | 6 Jul 1943 | 6 Aug 1944 |
2 | Lt. Alan Alfred Hawkins, RNVR | 6 Aug 1944 | 15 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Burnet include:
19 Nov 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Hadleigh Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.V. Gordon, DSC, RNVR), HMS Snowflake (Lt. E.J. Powell, RNR) and HMS Burnet (Lt. D.S. Charles, RNR).
Upon completion of these exercises O 9 departed Tobermory for Campbeltown. She was escorted by HMS Avon (Lt.Cdr. P.G.A. King, RD, RNR). (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)