| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 162 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 30 Dec 1936 |
| Commissioned | Nov 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in March 1937. Sold in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Arctic Explorer (FY 162)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Skr. Charles Lamb Buchan, RNR | 10 Nov 1939 | Mar 1941 |
| 2 | T/S.Lt. Frederick Lorraine Mackenzie, RNVR | Mar 1941 | Mar 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Christopher Pawley, RNVR | Mar 1942 | Feb 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Denis Hugh Crampton, RNR | Feb 1944 | 4 Aug 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Arthur Robert James Tilston, DSC, SANF(V) | 4 Aug 1944 | Jun 1945 |
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Notable events involving Arctic Explorer include:
22 Jan 1942
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) departed Plymouth for Portsmouth. She was escorted by HMS Arctic Explorer (T/Lt. F.L. Mackenzie, RNVR). (1)
2 Apr 1942
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Monkshood (Lt.Cdr. J.E.R. Wilford, RNR), HMS Dahlia (T/Lt. M.S. Work, RNR), HMS Egret (Cdr. C.R.S. Farquhar, RN), HMS Fishguard (Lt.Cdr. H.L. Pryse, RNR) and HMS Arctic Explorer (T/Lt. C. Pawley, RNVR). (2)
3 Apr 1942
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Arctic Explorer (T/Lt. C. Pawley, RNVR), HMS Beagle (Lt.Cdr. R.T. White, DSO and Bar, RN), USS Temptress (Lt.Cdr. W.H. Kirvan, USN) and USS Fury (Lt. N. Adair, Jr., USN). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/17197
- File 2.12.03.6379 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.