Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 513 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 7 Sep 1929 |
Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
Lost | 4 Jul 1941 |
Loss position | 54° 05'N, 0° 07'W |
History | Completed in November 1929. HMT Akranes (T/Lt. Walter Arthur Charles Harvey, RNVR) was sunk by German aircraft in Bridlington Bay, Yorkshire, England on 4 July 1941. |
Commands listed for HMS Akranes (FY 513)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | ||
1 | T/Skr. John Reid, RNR | 14 Mar 1940 | 27 Sep 1940 | |
2 | T/Skr. John Richard Ball, RNR | 27 Sep 1940 | late 1940 | |
3 | T/Lt. Walter Arthur Charles Harvey, RNR | 15 Jan 1941 | 4 Jul 1941 |
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