| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | T 29 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 15 May 1930 |
| Commissioned | 15 Jun 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed on 12 June 1930. Sold in 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Laurel (T 29)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. (retired) Idwal Griffiths, RN | 3 Jul 1939 | 18 May 1940 | |
| 2 | Skr. Frederick George Blockwell, RNR | 18 May 1940 | 15 Jan 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt. William George Pitcher, RNR | 15 Jan 1941 | early 1941 | |
| 4 | T/Lt. John Webber Walton, RNVR | early 1941 | mid 1941 | |
| 5 | T/Skr. Thomas Wilfred Morgan, RNR | 22 Jul 1941 | 6 Feb 1942 | |
| 6 | T/S.Lt. Arthur Leonard Hughes, RNVR | 6 Feb 1942 | 27 Sep 1943 | |
| 7 | T/A/S.Lt. William Peris Davies, RNVR | 27 Sep 1943 | 24 Jan 1944 | |
| 8 | T/Lt. Donald Fraser, RNVR | 24 Jan 1944 | early 1944 | |
| 9 | T/S.Lt. William Peris Davies, RNVR | early 1944 | 23 May 1944 | |
| 10 | T/Lt. Charles Skipworth Holgate, RNVR | 23 May 1944 | 6 Dec 1945 | |
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Notable events involving Laurel include:
3 Nov 1941
HMS Clyde (Cdr. D.C. Ingram, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Wishart (Cdr. H.G. Scott, RN). Clyde also conducted gunnery exercises on a target that was towed by HMS Laurel (T/Skr. T.W. Morgan, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18711
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.