| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 102 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 14 Nov 1936 |
| Commissioned | Oct 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Competed in January 1937. Sold in April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Hugh Walpole (FY 102)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Brown Piggott, RNR | 6 Oct 1939 | May 1940 |
| 2 | Skr. Dan Upson, RNR | May 1940 | 23 Oct 1940 |
| 3 | T/S.Lt. James Mackenzie, RNR | 23 Oct 1940 | May 1941 |
| 4 | T/S.Lt. Bernard Charlton Reid, RNVR | May 1941 | 4 Sep 1941 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Percy Oliver Elliott, RNR | 4 Sep 1941 | 20 Jan 1942 |
| 6 | T/Lt. James Mackenzie, RNR | 20 Jan 1942 | 11 Nov 1943 |
| 7 | T/Lt. David Oliver Humphreys, DSC, RNVR | 11 Nov 1943 | 9 Dec 1943 |
| 8 | T/Lt. James Reginald Turner Broom, RNVR | 9 Dec 1943 | mid 1944 |
| 9 | T/Lt. Cyril Herbert Tilbury, RNVR | mid 1944 |
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Notable events involving Hugh Walpole include:
4 Nov 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. Baron D.T. Mackay, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. P.O. Elliott, RNR) and HMS Stella Capella (Lt. W.L. Sadgrove, RANVR). (1)
30 Jan 1942
HMS Tigris (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) departed from Holy Loch for her 14th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Central Norway (Trondheim area) as the German battleship Tirpitz had moved from the Baltic to Norway.
She was escorted out by HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR) until 1600/1.
[no log is available so no map can be displayed.] (2)
6 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Saladin (Lt. A.A. Diggens, DSC, RN), HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR), HMS Fame (Capt. R. Heathcote, DSO, RN) and HMS Moyola (Lt.Cdr. H.N. Lawson, RD, RNR). (3)
10 Jul 1943
HMS H 34 (T/Lt. R.L. Willoughby, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR), HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Burnett, DSC, RN), HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. T. Johnston, RN) and HMS Rother (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RD, RNR). (4)
11 Jul 1943
HMS H 34 (T/Lt. R.L. Willoughby, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Burnett, DSC, RN), HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. T. Johnston, RN), HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR), HMS Saxifrage (T/Lt. J. Renwick, DSO, RNR) and HMS Rother (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RD, RNR). (4)
12 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. T. Johnston, RN), HMS Saxifage (T/Lt. J. Renwick, DSO, RNR), HMS Hugh Walpole (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR) and HMS Cape Portland (T/Lt. K.F. Rasmussen, RNR). (3)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6378 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 199/1845
- ADM 173/17926
- ADM 173/17796
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.