Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 671 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 21 May 1917 |
Commissioned | Feb 1940 |
End service | |
History | Completed on 22 June 1917. |
Commands listed for HMS Grosmont Castle (FY 671)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Skr. John Russell Watson, RNR | 28 May 1940 | 21 Jul 1940 |
2 | Skr. Norman Jinks, RNR | 21 Jul 1940 | 20 Dec 1940 |
3 | Lt. Clifford Edgecombe, RNR | 20 Dec 1940 | early 1943 |
4 | T/Lt. John Ramsey Key, RNVR | early 1943 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Grosmont Castle include:
24 Sep 1940
The trawler picks up the shipwrecked men of the Faroese sailing ship Union Jack sunk 36 hours earlier by U-31. The arrived at Stornoway on 25 Sept and finally returned to Faroe Islands via ship Vilhelmina. (1)