| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 246 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 24 Oct 1941 |
| Laid down | 12 Mar 1942 |
| Launched | 17 Jun 1942 |
| Commissioned | 4 Nov 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in 1948. |
| Former name | HMS Broreray |
Commands listed for HMS Gweal (T 246)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Thomason Hodson, DSC, RNVR | 19 Jan 1943 | mid 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Peter Edward Charles Reuben Main, RNVR | mid 1943 | 1 Aug 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Wynyard Paul Bush, DSC, RNVR | 1 Aug 1943 | early 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Peter Edward Charles Reuben Main, RNVR | early 1944 | 1 Jan 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Harold Hilton, RNVR | 1 Jan 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Gweal include:
28 Apr 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Pearl (T/Lt. B.G. Barfoot, RNVR), HMS Gweal (T/Lt. P.E.C.R. Main, RNVR), HMS La Nantaise (Skr. S.G. Cory, RNR) and HMS Lord Wakefield (Skr.Lt. H.E. Dodd, RNR). (1)
25 Jul 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Gweal (T/Lt. H. Hilton, RNVR), HMS Thirlmere (T/Lt. H.O. Olsen, RNR), HMS Amber (T/Lt. C.A. Lines, RNVR) and another vessel [unable to read the name in the log of HMS Upshot]. (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/18697
- ADM 173/20193
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.