| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 214 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 17 May 1941 |
| Laid down | 27 Sep 1941 |
| Launched | 20 Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20 May 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Bressay (T 214)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Frederick Douglas Hayes, RNVR | 27 Apr 1942 | 11 Oct 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Elton Wilmot, RNVR | 11 Oct 1942 | 29 Dec 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Robert Archibald Primrose, RNVR | 29 Dec 1944 | 10 Jan 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. George Graham Deal, SANF(V) | 10 Jan 1945 | 10 Sep 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. James Woodhams, RNVR | 10 Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Bressay include:
24 Mar 1943
HMS Usurper (Lt. D.R.O. Mott, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Obdurate (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Eclipse (Lt.Cdr. E. Mack, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Switha (T/Lt. L.H. Green, RNR) and HMS Bressay (T/Lt. J.E. Wilmot, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18389
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.