Allied Warships

HMS Fiaray (T 238)

MS Trawler of the Isles class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
ClassIsles 
PennantT 238 
Built byGoole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith 
Ordered24 Jul 1941 
Laid down6 Feb 1942 
Launched13 Jun 1942 
Commissioned27 Sep 1942 
End service 
HistorySold in 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Fiaray (T 238)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. William Fleming McAusland, RNVR17 Sep 194216 Sep 1943
2M G King, SANF(V)16 Sep 1943Nov 1943
3T/S.Lt. Jack Clark, RNVRNov 1943mid 1944
4M G King, SANF(V)mid 1944mid/late44
5T/S.Lt. Victor George Pearmund, RNVRmid/late44Oct 1944
6T/Lt. Harold Hackett Jones, RNVROct 1944mid 1945
7T/Lt. Leslie Francis Washbrook, RNVRmid 1945early 1946

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Notable events involving Fiaray include:


15 Nov 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Kingston Olivine (Lt. G.C. Crowley, RN) and HMS Fiaray (T/Lt. W.F. McAusland, RNVR). (1)

16 Nov 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Kingston Olivine (Lt. G.C. Crowley, RN), HMS Wear (Cdr. E. Wheeler, RD, RNR), HMS Goathland (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Pumphrey, RN, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) and HMS Fiaray (T/Lt. W.F. McAusland, RNVR). (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

  1. ADM 173/17255
  2. ADM 173/18339

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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