| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 170 |
| Built by | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 22 Jul 1940 |
| Laid down | 24 Feb 1941 |
| Launched | 9 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 25 Nov 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Lent to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1944. |
| Career notes | To Norway as Jeløy (ii) |
Commands listed for HMS Shiant (T 170)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Hector Davis, RNR | 15 Nov 1941 | mid 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Archibald Murray Gill Stewart, RCNVR | mid 1942 | 1 Sep 1942 |
| 3 | A C Elton, RNR | 1 Sep 1942 | May 1944 |
| 4 | T/S.Lt. William Henry McKnight, RNVR | May 1944 |
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Notable events involving Shiant include:
2 Feb 1943
HMS Sturgeon (Lt. A.W. Langridge, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Mers el Kebir with HMS Shiant (T/Lt. A.C. Elton, RNR) and HMS Inchmarnock (T/Lt. C.G.V. Corneby, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18143
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.