| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 216 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 17 May 1941 |
| Laid down | 24 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 5 Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1 Aug 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to the Italian Navy on 16 February 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Ensay (T 216)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Ronald White, RNVR | 22 Jul 1942 | 10 Aug 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Kenneth Johnston Reece, RNVR | 10 Aug 1942 | 22 Mar 1943 |
| 3 | Lt. Trevor Walton Lewis, DSC, RANVR | 22 Mar 1943 | 2 Jun 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Rodney James Murray Eden, RNVR | 2 Jun 1943 | Sep 1945 |
| 5 | F M Cornwall, RNVR | Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Ensay include:
28 Feb 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.R. Pelly, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Tynedale (Lt. J.J.S. Yorke, DSC, RN), HMS Melbreak (Lt. G.E.C.G. Baines, RN) and later with HMS St. Kilda (A/Skr.Lt. R.G. Utting, RNR), HMS Sheppey (T/A/Lt.Cdr. D. McNeil, RNVR), HMS Ensay (T/Lt. K.J. Reece, RNVR) and HMS La Nantaise (Skr. S.J. Cory, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/17921
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.