Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | Military |
Pennant | T 394 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
Ordered | 20 Mar 1943 |
Laid down | 17 Feb 1944 |
Launched | 8 Jul 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 Sep 1944 |
End service | |
History | Sold on 10 April 1946 to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Limited, Grimsby, renamed Loyal GY 344. Official number 166650. In August 1947 converted for fuel-oil burning. In January 1966 sold to Northern Trawlers Limited, Grimsby. Later in 1966 sold for scrapping to Scrapping Co, Willerbroek, Belgium 1966. Arrived Antwerp for breaking up 2 July 1966. |
Commands listed for HMS Home Guard (T 394)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Mark Hellyer, RNVR | Jul 1944 | 8 Aug 1945 |
2 | T/Lt. John Muir, RNVR | 8 Aug 1945 | 1 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Home Guard include:
1 Mar 1945
HMS Home Guard (T/Lt. M. Hellyer, RNVR) picks up 35 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Alcedo that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day off Reykjavik, Iceland in position 64°07'N, 23°17'W by German U-boat U-1022.