Allied Warships

HMS Ohm (FY 561)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 561 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
History

Completed in March 1915.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 302 tons.

Returned to her owner in December 1945.
Renamed Westcar in 1946.
Scrapped at Passage West, Ireland in 1960.

 

Commands listed for HMS Ohm (FY 561)

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. George Horner, RNR18 Jun 19439 Mar 1944
2A/Ch.Skr. Fred Clark Stephen, RNR9 Mar 1944late 1945

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Notable events involving Ohm include:


30 Nov 1940
HMS Trident (Lt.Cdr. G.M. Sladen, RN) proceeded from Holy Loch to Ardrossan. She is escorted by HMS Ohm (?). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/16640

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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