| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 294 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 16 Jun 1941 |
| Laid down | 24 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 2 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 30 Sep 1942 |
| End service | |
| History |
Commands listed for HMS Bern (T 294)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Ewart Stanley Brookes, RNVR | 16 Sep 1942 | 5 Apr 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Haakon Wivestad, RNR | 5 Apr 1944 | 1 Aug 1944 |
| 3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Rowland Eardley Childers, RNVR | 1 Aug 1944 | Early 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Sydney Lawrence Hawkes, RNVR | Early 1945 |
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Notable events involving Bern include:
22 Nov 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Bern (T/Lt. E.S. Brookes, RNVR) and HMS St. Kilda (A/Skr.Lt. R.G. Utting, RNR). (1)
13 Sep 1943
HMS Una (Lt. W.G. Meeke, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Milford Haven with HMS Fiaray (T/Lt. M.G. King, SANF(V)), HMS Bern (T/Lt. E.S. Brookes, RNVR) and HMS Damsay (T/Lt. A.M. Sullivan, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/17255
- ADM 173/18339
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.