| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | 4.50 |
| Built by | Deschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in November 1936. Returned to her owner in October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Northern Gift (4.50)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. (retired) Martin Hugh Macpherson, RN | 15 Sep 1939 | 26 Sep 1939 |
| 2 | S.Lt. Alexander Gordon Scott, RNR | 26 Sep 1939 | 11 Jun 1940 |
| 3 | Lt. Thomas Edward Davies, RNR | 11 Jun 1940 | late 1940 |
| 4 | Lt. Reginald John Stokes, RNR | late 1940 | Feb 1941 |
| 5 | Lt. Neville Acon, RNR | Feb 1941 | 3 Jan 1942 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Alfred John Clemence, RNR | 3 Jan 1942 | 12 Apr 1943 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Peter Thompson Clothier, RNVR | 12 Apr 1943 | Jan 1944 |
| 8 | T/Lt. Frederick Noel Bentley, RNVR | Jan 1944 | 25 Sep 1944 |
| 9 | T/Lt. James Norman Balliol Laine, RNVR | 25 Sep 1944 |
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Notable events involving Northern Gift include:
21 Apr 1943
HMS Northern Gift (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.J. Clemence, RNR) picks up 58 survivors from the British merchant Ashantian that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-415 in the North Atlantic in position 55°46'N, 45°14'W.
3 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Mignonette (Lt. H.H. Brown, RNR), HMS Balsam (Lt. J.E.L. Peters, RNVR), HMS Northern Gift (T/Lt. P.T. Clothier, RNVR) and HMS Geranium (T/Lt. A.R.J. Tilston, DSC, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/17926
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.