| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | 4.85 |
| Built by | Deschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in November 1936. Returned to her owner in January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Northern Reward (4.85)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) David Tod, RN | 5 Sep 1939 | 19 Jun 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Eric Arthur Divers, RNR | 19 Jun 1940 | 1 Oct 1940 |
| 3 | Lt. Charles Napier Stewart, RNR | 1 Oct 1940 | 6 Mar 1942 |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Dobson, RNR | 6 Mar 1942 | 21 Aug 1942 |
| 5 | T/Lt. the Hon. George Charles Spencer, RNVR | 21 Aug 1942 | 15 Sep 1942 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Bryan Humfrey Craig Rodgers, RNVR | 15 Sep 1942 | 28 Dec 1942 |
| 7 | Lt. John Dodworth Weaver, RNVR | 28 Dec 1942 | 14 Nov 1943 |
| 8 | T/Lt. James Mackenzie, RNR | 14 Nov 1943 | 2 Sep 1944 |
| 9 | T/Lt. Albert James Woods, RNVR | 2 Sep 1944 | 28 Mar 1945 |
| 10 | T/Lt. John Edward Purvess, RNR | 28 Mar 1945 |
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Notable events involving Northern Reward include:
6 Sep 1941
HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HNoMS Eglantine, HMS Ilfracombe (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.L.D. Hoare, RNR) and HMS Northern Reward (Lt. C.N. Stewart, RNR). (1)
7 Sep 1941
HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Ilfracombe (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.L.D. Hoare, RNR) and HMS Northern Reward (Lt. C.N. Stewart, RNR). (1)
9 Sep 1941
HMS H 34 (Lt. H. Winter, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Northern Reward (Lt. C.N. Stewart, RNR). (2)
17 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Virginia (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Dobson, RNR) and HMS Northern Reward (Lt. J.D. Weaver, RNVR). (3)
18 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Itchen (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) C.E. Bridgman, DSO, RNR), HMS Sabre (Lt. R.L. Caple, DSC, RN) and HMS Northern Reward (Lt. J.D. Weaver, RNVR). (3)
19 Mar 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Itchen (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) C.E. Bridgman, DSO, RNR), HMS Sabre (Lt. R.L. Caple, DSC, RN) and HMS Northern Reward (Lt. J.D. Weaver, RNVR). (3)
25 Jul 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.A.R. Troup, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Assiniboine (Cdr. K.F. Adams, RCN), HMS Abelia (Lt. F.A. Everett, RNR) and HMS Northern Reward (Lt. J.D. Weaver, RNVR). (4)
5 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Northern Pride (T/Lt. D.O. Humphreys, DSC, RNVR), HMS Northern Sun (T/Lt. S.G. Fowler, RNR), HMS Northern Reward (T/Lt. J. Mackenzie, RNR), HMCS Regina (T/Lt. J.W. Radford, RCNR), HMCS Owen Sound (T/Skr.Lt. J.M. Watson, RCNR) and one other vessel [unable to read the name in the log of HMS H 28]. (5)
Sources
- ADM 173/16862
- ADM 173/16764
- ADM 173/17814
- ADM 173/17772
- ADM 173/18472
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.