| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 1625 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 14 Mar 1929 |
| Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed on 25 April 1929. Returned to her owner in Novmeber 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Varanga (FY 1625)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Skr. Charles Dennay, RNR | 2 Mar 1940 | 2 Apr 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. George Clement Crowley, RN | 2 Apr 1940 | mid 1942 |
| 3 | T/Skr. Frank Stephen Gleeson, RNR | mid 1942 | 24 May 1943 |
| 4 | A/Skr.Lt. William Eric Patterson, RNR | 24 May 1943 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Varanga include:
11 Dec 1940
HMS Varanga (T/Lt. G.C. Crowley, RNVR) picks up 25 survivors from the British passenger ship Rotorua that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-96 about 110 miles north-west of St. Kilda in position 58°56'N, 11°20'W.
29 Jan 1944
HMS Varanga picked up Sgt S.C.B.Parker [RAF] from the North Sea. He was one of four crew from a Halifax returning from a bombing run to Berlin. They had bailed out and were picked up by three minesweeping trawlers. The other two were HMS Prospect and HMS Property. They were in a group anchored 10 miles off the Wash.
These four men were the only ones to survive out of a crew of seven from 431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force flying out of RAF station Croft. (1)
Sources
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