Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 863 |
Built by | Alexander Hall & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 1 Apr 1930 |
Commissioned | Feb 1940 |
End service | |
History | Completed in May 1930. Number 148977. Fishing No. LH63. Returned in December 1945. Scrapped in April 1960, St. Davids-on-Forth. |
Commands listed for HMS Ocean View (FY 863)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Claude William Mileham, RNR | 17 May 1940 | 1 Jun 1941 |
2 | T/Skr. George Edward Blowers, RNR | 1 Jun 1941 | 1 Oct 1941 |
3 | T/Lt. Claude William Mileham, RNR | 1 Oct 1941 | early 1945 |
4 | T/Skr. James Barrie, RNR | early 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Ocean View include:
12 May 1944
HMS Otway (Lt. M.B. St. John, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Ocean View (T/Lt. C.W. Mileham, RNR). (1)
15 May 1944
HMS Otway (Lt. M.B. St. John, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Ocean View (T/Lt. C.W. Mileham, RNR). (1)
24 May 1944
HMS Otway (Lt. M.B. St. John, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Stornoway with HMS Ocean View (T/Lt. C.W. Mileham, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18552
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.