| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 168 |
| Built by | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 6 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 15 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 12 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 15 Sep 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Bute (T 168)
Please note that we're still working on this section.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Arthur Frederick Whalley Boumphrey, RNVR | Aug 1941 | mid/late42 |
| 2 | Douglas Grahame Read, RNVR | mid/late42 | 12 Oct 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Frank Adkins Glover, RNVR | 12 Oct 1942 | 10 Feb 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Cecil William Hancock, RNR | 10 Feb 1943 | 29 Apr 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Thomas Costley, RNVR | 29 Apr 1944 | 9 Nov 1944 |
| 6 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Lang Root, RNVR | 9 Nov 1944 | early 1945 |
| 7 | T/S.Lt. George Frederick Kettle, RNVR | early 1945 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
Notable events involving Bute include:
26 Oct 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Caesar (Capt. G.N. Brewer, DSO, RN), HMS Zealous (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Bute (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T. Costley, RNVR) and HMS Macbeth (A/Skr.Lt. R.C. Green, DSC, RNR). (1)
1 Nov 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Cowdray (Lt. D.J. Beckley, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Lord Lloyd (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A. Flaaten, RNR) and HMS Bute (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T. Costley, RNVR). (2)
15 Nov 1944
During the morning, HMS Taciturn (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN), conducts A/S exercises with HMS Zodiac (Lt.Cdr. H.R. Rycroft, DSC, RN). During the afternoon A/S exercises were carried out with HMS Bute (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.L. Root, RNVR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/19410
- ADM 173/19411
- ADM 173/18917
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.