| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | T 22 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 18 Dec 1933 |
| Commissioned | Oct 1935 |
| End service | |
| History | Built in 1934. Sold 18 April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Pearl (T 22)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Boatswain Roland Harvey, RN | 15 Jun 1939 | 14 Oct 1939 |
| 2 | Cdr. (retired) Norman Blythe Weir, RN | 14 Oct 1939 | 5 Jul 1940 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. William Nelson Mitchell Faichney, RNR | 5 Jul 1940 | 7 Sep 1940 |
| 4 | T/Lt. George Pemberton, RNR | 7 Sep 1940 | mid 1941 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Gilbert Kenneth Hill, RNVR | mid 1941 | 7 Dec 1943 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Bertram George Barfoot, RNVR | 7 Dec 1943 |
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Notable events involving Pearl include:
28 Apr 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Pearl (T/Lt. B.G. Barfoot, RNVR), HMS Gweal (T/Lt. P.E.C.R. Main, RNVR), HMS La Nantaise (Skr. S.G. Cory, RNR) and HMS Lord Wakefield (Skr.Lt. H.E. Dodd, RNR). (1)
23 Dec 1944
HMS Pearl (T/Lt. B.G. Barfoot, RNVR) picks up 51 survivors from the British merchant Dumfries that is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-322 south of St.Catherine?s Point, Isle of Wight in position 50°23'N, 01°43'W.
Sources
- ADM 173/18697
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.