| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | 4.41 |
| Built by | Deschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in October 1936. Returned to her owner in September 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Northern Sky (4.41)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. James Maddock Roche, RNR | 5 Sep 1939 | 1 Dec 1939 |
| 2 | Lt. John Evelyn Bromley, RNR | 1 Dec 1939 | Mar 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Richard Alfred Harman, RNVR | Mar 1941 | mid 1942 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Eric Graham Baird, RNVR | mid 1942 | 4 Aug 1942 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Ole Bernard Egjar, RNR | 4 Aug 1942 | 12 Nov 1943 |
| 6 | Lt. John Hollis Linggard, RNVR | 12 Nov 1943 | 25 Mar 1944 |
| 7 | T/Lt. George Otto Thompson Dawson Henderson, RNVR | 25 Mar 1944 | Jan 1945 |
| 8 | T/Lt. Stanley George Reynolds Morgan, RNVR | Jan 1945 |
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Notable events involving Northern Sky include:
28 Oct 1940
The battlecruisers HMS Hood (Capt. I.G. Glennie, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral W.J. Whitworth, CB, DSO, RN), HMS Repulse (Capt. W.G. Tennant, CB, MVO, RN), aircraft carrier HMS Furious (Capt. T.H. Troubridge, RN), light cruisers HMS Southampton (Capt. B.C.B. Brooke, RN), HMS Dido (Capt. H.W.U. McCall, RN), HMS Phoebe (Capt. G. Grantham, RN), destroyers HMS Somali (Capt. C. Caslon, RN), HMS Eskimo (Cdr. St. J.A. Micklethwait, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Mashona (Cdr. W.H. Selby, RN), HMS Punjabi (Cdr. J.T. Lean, DSO, RN), HMS Douglas (Cdr.(Retd.) J.G. Crossley, RN), HMS Keppel (Lt. R.J. Hanson, RN), HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. D.J.B. Jewitt, RN) and the escort destroyer HMS Cleveland (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Clouston, RN) departed Scapa Flow at 1430/28 with orders to proceed to the Denmark Strait as a ship thought to be a German armed merchant cruiser had been reported in the North-Atlantic in position 56°46'N, 25°44'W steering east-north-east.
HMS Vimy and HMS Cleveland were detached around midnight and returned to Scapa Flow at 1000/29.
The British ships encountered very heavy weather and several ships sustained damage.
Damage to HMS Dido was of such extent that she was forced on the 29th to proceed to the Faroes for repairs. She arrived at Scapa Flow at 0040/1 escorted by HMS Keppel.
At 0445/30, light cruiser HMS Southampton encountered the Finnish merchant vessel Bore X. (5058 GRT, built 1939). HMS Southampton turned her over to armed boarding vessel HMS Northern Sky (Lt. J.E. Bromley, RNR) around 0900/31 which escorted the merchant vessel to Kirkwall.
HMS Hood, HMS Repulse, HMS Furious, HMS Somali, HMS Eskimo, HMS Mashona, HMS Punjabi and HMS Douglas, returned to Scapa Flow around 1400/31.
HMS Southampton returned to Scapa Flow shortly before midnight on 31 October.
31 May 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Northern Sky (T/Lt. O.B. Egjar, RNR), HMCS Pictou (T/Lt. P.T. Byers, RCNR), HMCS Bittersweet (T/Lt. F.B. Brooks-Hill, RCNVR) and HMCS Eyebright (T/Lt. H.L. Quinn, RCNVR). (1)
14 Aug 1944
HMS United (Lt. M.D. Hutley, RNR), HMS Upright (Lt. J.A.L. Wilkinson, RN) and HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) departed Rothesay under escort of HMS Milford (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Slade, RN).
The next day HMS United and HMS Upright set off for St.Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. They were escorted by HMS Northern Sky (T/Lt. G.O.T.D. Henderson, RNVR). (2)
5 Dec 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Coldstreamer (T/Lt. A.L. Kerr, RNVR), HMS Northern Sky (T/Lt. G.O.T.D. Henderson, RNVR) and HMS Royal Marine (T/S.Lt. L.N. Holmes, RNVR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/17782
- ADM 173/19285
- ADM 173/19424
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.