| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Shakespearian |
| Pennant | T 134 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 12 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 25 May 1940 |
| Launched | 15 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jan 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold into merchantile service in 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Celia (T 134)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Frederick George Dawson, RNR | Dec 1940 | mid 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Graham Cunningham Wood, RNVR | mid 1942 | 29 Oct 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Leslie Bertram Merrick, RNR | 29 Oct 1942 | 1 Nov 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Haakon Wivestad, RNR | 1 Nov 1944 | 28 May 1945 |
| 5 | D M Wright, RNVR | 28 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Celia include:
18 Nov 1943
HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Celia (T/Lt. L.B. Merrick, RNR) and HMS Switha (T/Lt. V.S. Jeffery, RNVR). (1)
8 Dec 1943
HMS Telemachus (Cdr. W.D.A. King, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Celia (T/Lt. L.B. Merrick, RNR) and another trawler. (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/18180
- ADM 173/18214
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.