Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 14 Dec 1939 |
Commissioned | May 1940 |
Lost | 22 Nov 1941 |
Loss position | 59° 13'N, 7° 41'W |
History | Completed 25 June 1940. HMT St. Apollo (T/Lt Rupert Henry Marchington, RNVR) was sunk in a collision with the British destroyer HMS Sardonyx off north-west of the Isle of Lewis, Hebrides in position 59º13'N, 07º41'W. St. Appollo was spotted briefly by the starboard watch on Sardonyx, but missed by the Officer of the Watch. Sardonyx was heavily damaged foreward of the bridge, and reversed course back to Londonderry. |
Commands listed for HMS St. Apollo
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Vivian Funge Smith, RNR | 22 May 1940 | 21 Oct 1940 |
2 | T/Lt. Arthur John Spence Anderson, RNR | 21 Oct 1940 | 25 Nov 1940 |
3 | T/Lt. Rupert Henry Marchington, RNVR | 25 Nov 1940 | 22 Nov 1941 |
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