HMS Newhaven, N.B. (FY 820)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	MS Trawler
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	FY 820
Built by	Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	2 Aug 1909
Commissioned	Feb 1940
End service	Feb 1945
History	Completed in August 1909. Displacement: 182 tons. Named after the fishing village where the owner lived, that is, Newhaven North Britain - as there is another Newhaven in Sussex on the English Channel. Yard number; 469. Official Number 122989. Registered as a British Fishing Vessel, Number GN72. Served during the First World War as minesweeper. Taken up for service in 1914. Returned to her owner in 1919. Sold to Aberdeen in 1919, re-numbered A231. Taken over by the Admiralty in February 1940. Served as danlayer until returned to her owner in February 1945. Sold to Milford Haven later in 1945, renamed Loughleigh M223. Scrapped at Milford Haven January 1952.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Skr. Albert Ernest Youngman, RNR	21 Feb 1940	20 Apr 1942
2	T/Skr. Frederick David Sinclair, RNR	20 Apr 1942	18 Aug 1943
3	Skr. William George Ralph, RNR	18 Aug 1943	late 1944

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