| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Tree |
| Pennant | T 127 |
| Built by | Smith's Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1939 |
| Laid down | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Launched | 10 Nov 1939 |
| Commissioned | 28 Feb 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Whitethorn (T 127)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. William George Howe Bolton, RNR | 27 Mar 1940 | Feb 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Joseph Griffiths, RNR | Feb 1941 | 11 Feb 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. George William Slough, RANVR | 11 Feb 1943 | 4 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Leslie Roy Coe, RNVR | 4 Sep 1944 | 3 Mar 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Edwin Stanley Robert Swan, RNVR | 3 Mar 1945 | 15 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Whitethorn include:
24 Jun 1940
HMS Diana (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Le Geyt, RN) departed Scapa Flow in the evening for Aberdeen where she joined the transports Lochnagar (1523 GRT, built 1906) and store carrier Kylebrook (870 GRT, built 1927) and their escorts the Auxiliary A/S trawler HMS Stoke City (Lt.Cdr. N.C.H. Scallan, RNR) and the M/S trawler HMS Whitethorn (Lt. W.G.H. Bolton, RNR).
The next day Kylebrook and HMS Whitethorn were detached off Scapa Flow and entered that place.
The remaining ships continued on to Lerwick where they arrived in the afternoon of the 25th.
HMS Diana then departed for Scapa Flow where she arrived at 2130/25.
6 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Bellwort (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.G. Donald, RNVR) and HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR). (1)
7 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Bellwort (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.G. Donald, RNVR) and HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR). (1)
13 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Bellwort (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.G. Donald, RNVR) and HMS Tynwald (A/Capt. (retired) F.T. Peters, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR) and another vessel. (1)
15 Dec 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) shifted from Tobermory to Oban. She was escorted by HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. W.J. Griffiths, RNR). (1)
14 Apr 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. J.S. Launders, RN) conducted A/S exercises off the Isle of Mull together with HMS Coverley (T/Lt. L.R. Lord, RNVR), HMS Sapper (T/Lt. R.C. Lees, RNR), HMS Burwell (Lt. A.H. Parish, RN) and HMS Whitethorn (T/Lt. G.W. Slough, RANVR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6369 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/17923
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.