Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 158 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 8 Nov 1934 |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed in December 1934. Renamed Pataudi in 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Wolves (FY 158)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. Frank Robert Brown, RNR | 27 Sep 1939 | 6 Apr 1940 |
2 | Skr. John Dunbar Fowler, RNR | 6 Apr 1940 | 6 Jun 1940 |
3 | Ch.Skr. Charles William Freer, RNR | 6 Jun 1940 | 3 Sep 1940 |
4 | Skr. Benjamin Pile, RNR | 3 Sep 1940 | 21 Oct 1940 |
5 | T/Skr. Maurice William Draper, RNR | 21 Oct 1940 | 16 Jan 1941 |
6 | Ch.Skr. Peter Newman, RNR | 16 Jan 1941 |
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Notable events involving Wolves include:
26 Sep 1940
HMS Wolves (Skr. B. Pile, RNR) picks up 17 survivors from the British tanker Stratford that was torpedoed and sunk 85 miles west-southwest of Bloody Foreland in position 54°50'N, 10°40'W by German U-boat U-137.