Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 208 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 8 Jul 1936 |
Commissioned | Dec 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed in August 1936. Returned to her owner on 13 October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Indian Star (FY 208)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. Eric George Littler, RD, RNR | 6 Dec 1939 | 9 Apr 1940 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Denis Moore Cann, RN | 9 Apr 1940 | mid 1940 |
3 | Skr. Eric George Littler, RD, RNR | mid 1940 | 29 Nov 1940 |
4 | T/Lt. Dennis Bates, RNR | 29 Nov 1940 | 25 Aug 1942 |
5 | T/Lt. John David Walter Lewis, RNVR | 25 Aug 1942 | 15 Aug 1944 |
6 | T/Lt. Harold Moxley Pinnell, RNVR | 15 Aug 1944 | 18 Oct 1944 |
7 | T/Lt. John Stephen Jennings, RNVR | 18 Oct 1944 |
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Notable events involving Indian Star include:
9 Jul 1940
HMS H 43 (Lt. G.R. Colvin, RN) ended her 5th war patrol at Plymouth.
She departed later the same day for her 6th war patrol. She was to conduct a special operation (the second part of Operation Angler). Two reconnaissance agents were to be landed on Guernsey and the agent landed on the 8th had to be taken off. HMS H 43 was escorted out until 2230 hours by HMS Indian Star.
[No log is available for HMS H 43 for this period so no map for this patrol can be displayed.] (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1829
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.