| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 185 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 7 Mar 1935 |
| Commissioned | Oct 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in April 1935. Lent to the Portugese Navy in October 1943 being renamed P-3. |
Commands listed for HMS Vascama (FY 185)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Skr. Edward James Day, RNR | 20 Oct 1939 | 13 Jan 1941 | |
| 2 | Lt. Richard Walgate, RNR | 13 Jan 1941 | early 1942 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Paul Herman Bech, RNR | early 1942 | 9 Nov 1942 | |
| 4 | T/Lt. William Watson Telford, RNVR | 9 Nov 1942 | 18 Jan 1943 | |
| 5 | T/Lt. Harry Algernon Royce Twomey, RNR | 18 Jan 1943 | Oct 1943 | |
| 6 | T/Lt. Arthur Marchant Brown, RNVR | Jul 1944 | 28 Nov 1944 | |
| 7 | T/Lt. Richard Dirk van der Byl, SANF(V) | 28 Nov 1944 | Feb 1945 | |
| 8 | T/Lt. Alan Frank Shipman, RNVR | Feb 1945 | ||
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Notable events involving Vascama include:
25 Aug 1941
German U-boat U-452 was sunk in the North Atlantic south of Iceland, in position 61°30'N, 15°30'W, by depth charges from the British A/S trawler HMS Vascama and from a British Catalina aircraft (209 Sqn RAF/J).
12 Sep 1941
HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Vascama (Lt. R. Walgate, RNR) and another vessel. (1)
14 Sep 1941
HMS Otway (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Vascama (Lt. R. Walgate, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/16862
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.