Allied Warships

HMS Portsdown (T 221)

ASW Trawler of the Hill class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	ASW Trawler
Class	Hill
Pennant	T 221
Built by	Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes
Ordered	18 Jan 1941
Laid down	7 May 1941
Launched	24 Sep 1941
Commissioned	4 Mar 1942
End service
History	Sold on 10 April 1946 to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Limited, Hull. Renamed Sollum H369. Official number 181287. Resold on 21 January 1949 to Derwent Trawlers Limited, Grimsby. Renamed Hargood GY8. Fitted for fuel-oil in December 1949. Resold on 24 June 1955 to Iago Steam Trawlers Limited, London. Renamed Red Sabre LO71 Vessel sold for scrap to Haulbowline Industries Limited, Eire in 1964. Arrived Passage West Cork for breaking up on 21 December 1964.

Commands listed for HMS Portsdown (T 221)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Edward Leo Donkin, RNR	Jan 1942	10 Mar 1944
2	T/Lt. Leonard George Bradley, RNVR	10 Mar 1944	20 Feb 1945
3	T/Lt. Kenneth Harold Forth, RNVR	20 Feb 1945	mid 1945

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