Vol. I: Fairmile designs & U.S. submarine chasers
Vol. II: Vosper MTBs & U.S. ELCOs
1990
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E.H. Larive
Translated into English as:
The man who came in from Colditz
London : Hale, 1975
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| R.Adm. CF | Capt. CF, Nore | Capt. CF, Portsmouth | CFMD (Adm.) | DDOD(C) (Adm.) | Shore establishments |
MTBs Flotillas Boats |
MGBs Flotillas Boats |
SGBs Flotillas Boats |
MLs Flotillas Boats |
MA/SBs Flotillas Boats |
| Rear-Admiral Coastal Forces | [HMS Attack] Portland, later London | |
| R.Adm. CF | 31.10.1940-00.02.1943 | R.Adm. P.K. Kekewich, RN |
| Staff | Capt. F.H.P. Maurice, RN |
| Captain Coastal Forces, Nore Command | Chatham | |
| Capt. CF, Nore | 00.02.1943- | Capt. H.T. Armstrong, RN |
| (1944) | Capt. H.W.S. Browning, RN | |
| 1945 | Capt. W.G.A. Robson, RN | |
| Staff | ||
| Assistent Senior Officer Coastal Forces | 25.10.1944-(1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.H. Coste, RNVR |
| Torpedo Officer | Lt.Cdr. W.D.F.B. Muspratt, RN | |
| Signal Officer | Lt.Cdr. F.H. Dunlop, RN | |
| Gunnery Officer | 1944-07.03.1944 | Lt. D.T. Wickham, RN |
| Captain Coastal
Forces (Channel), C-in-C Portsmouth |
Portsmouth | |
| Capt. CF (Channel), Portsmouth | 08.03.1944- | Capt. P.V. McLaughlin, RN |
| Staff | ||
| Staff Officer (Operations) | spring 1944-autumn 1944 | Lt. C.W.S. Dreyer, RN |
| Staff Officer [Plans?] | spring 1944-autumn 1944 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR |
| Engineer Officer | (1944) | Lt.Cdr. (E) R.S. Bickerton, RN |
| Operations Officer | (1944) | Lt.Cdr. J.M. Matheson, RNVR |
| Signal Officer | 13.09.1944- | Lt.Cdr. F.H. Dunlop, RN |
| Torpedo Officer | (1944) | Lt. D.J. Long, RN |
| Coastal Forces Materiel Department, Admiralty | London [borne in HMS President] |
| Director of Coastal Forces Materiel Department (DCFMD) | |
| -22.11.1944 | Capt. F.H.P. Maurice, RN |
| 22.11.1944-(1945) | Capt. W.L.G. Adams, RN |
| Deputy Director of Coastal Forces Materiel Department (DDCFMD) | |
| 21.06.1945- | Capt. (E) F.H. Kennedy, RN |
| Deputy Director of Operations Division (Coastal Force) (DDOD(C)), Admiralty | London [borne in HMS President] |
| 1941-16.07.1943 | Capt. D.M. Lees, RN |
| 16.07.1943-(1945) | Capt. H.G. Cooke, RN |
| Staff | |
| 05.04.1943- | A/Cdr. O.C.H. Giddy, RN |
Shore
establishments Index
by place names
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Aggressive | Newhaven [11.11.1942-16.05.1945] MTBs | |
| Commanding Officer [?} | 17.05.1945-(07.1945) | A/Cdr. R.H. Thornton, RN (emergency list) |
| positions unknown | 14.04.1942- | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.L. Barton, RNVR |
| 01.12.1943-(07.1945) | Lt. (T) A.R.S. Phillips, RN (retd) | |
| 17.10.1941-(07.1945) | T/Lt. R. Garnett, RNVR | |
| 28.04.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. B.J. McKay, RNVR | |
| 07.12.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. M. Arnold-Forster, RNVR | |
| 02.09.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. W.G.A. Hardy, RM | |
| 05.11.1942-(07.1945) | T/Elect.Lt. H. Thomson, RNVR | |
| 31.03.1942-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp Br) J.S. Temple, RNVR | |
| 01.09.1942-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp Br) L.V. Giles, RNVR | |
| 01.09.1942-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp Br) E.J. Loder, RNVR | |
| 15.04.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp Br) A.V.W. Bennett, RNVR | |
| 04.11.1942-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp Br) C. Rigby, RNVR | |
| 20.09.1943-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. (Sp Br) S.A. Leech, RNVR | |
| 10.11.1942-(07.1945) | Cd.Gnr. A. Coldman, RN (retd) | |
| 20.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.H.W. Andrew, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. C.D. Cobb, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. B.M. MacGinty, RNVR | |
| 16.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. D.A.F. Crispin, RNVR | |
| 23.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. B.H. Williams, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. H.M. Day, RNVR | |
| 29.03.1943-(07.1945) | T/Elect.Lt. E.T.A. Webb, RNVR | |
| 01.12.1944-(07.1945) | T/Elect.Lt. E.G. Palfreman, RNVR | |
| 01.11.1943-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.W. Matthew, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. T.M. Higham RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. W.R. Jones, RNVR | |
| 11.10.1943-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. R.J. Burrell, RNVR | |
| 05.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. A.W. Poulton, RNVR | |
| 00.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. R.M. Williams, RNVR | |
| 22.05.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. P.I. Munnoch, RNVR | |
| 14.08.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp Br) G.S. McNamara, RNVR | |
| 21.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Gnr. (T) H. Groom, RN | |
| 00.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/Mid. R.W. Britton, RNVR | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Attack | Portland. [15.11.1941-31.12.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs, repairs | |
| Commanding Officer | 15.01.1944-(07.1945) | Capt. J.P. Farquharson, RN (retd) |
| Staff Officer (Operations) | 09.07.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.B.G. Leith, RNVR |
| in lieu of Specialist (G) Officer | 23.01.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt. H.J.R. Maine, RNVR |
| positions unknown | 26.03.1945-(07.1945) | A/Cdr. A.T. Grevatt, RNVR |
| 22.01.1943-(07.1945) | Lt.Cdr. F.M. Goodger, RN (retd) | |
| 14.11.1943-(07.1945) | Lt.Cdr. B.L. Sadler, RN (retd) | |
| 20.01.1941-(07.1945) | Lt.Cdr. J.G. Lake, RN (retd) | |
| 21.06.1945-(07.1945) | Lt. E.P. Cheesman, RN | |
| 21.06.1945-(07.1945) | Lt. D.E.B. Field, RN | |
| 14.12.1942-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt. M.F. Ranby, RNVR | |
| 00.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. S.E. Slater, RNVR | |
| 11.12.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. G.W. Barns, RNVR | |
| 22.08.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) G.A. Soutar, RNVR | |
| 10.11.1942-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) G.A. Rayment, RNVR | |
| 11.10.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) J.P. Allen, RNVR | |
| 13.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) H.H. Holmans, RNVR | |
| 26.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) W. Frame, RNVR | |
| 04.07.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/Surg.Lt.Cdr. R. Warlstencroft, RNVR | |
| etc. | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Beaver II | Immingham. MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 21.04.1941-(07.1945) | Cdr. E.L.D. Bartley, RN (retd) |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Bee | Weymouth.
[01.09.1942-18.10.1943] "Working up" base Holyhead, Anglesey. [18.10.43-21.07.1945] "Working up" base |
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| Commanding Officer | summer 1942-(1944?) | Cdr. R.F.B. Swinley, RN |
| 06.09.1944-(07.1945) | Capt. M. Murray, RN (retd) | |
| Staff | (1943) | Lt.Cdr. J.M. Matheson, RNVR |
| Training Officer | autumn 1943-1944 | Lt. P.G.C. Dickens, RN |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Beehive | Felixstowe.
[01.07.1940-18.10.1945] MTBs, MGBs Consisted of: (02.1941) 1st MTB Flotilla, 4th MTB Flotilla, 10th MTB Flotilla (12.1941) 1st MTB Flotilla, 4th MTB Flotilla, 6th MGB Flotilla (08.1942) 1st MTB Flotilla, 4th MTB Flotilla, 6th MGB Flotilla (02.1943) 4th MTB Flotilla, 6th MGB Flotilla (06.1943) 4th MTB Flotilla, 6th MGB Flotilla |
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| Commanding Officer | 01.07.1940-(02.1941) | Cdr. R.H. McBean, RN (retd) |
| Commanding Officer | 29.07.1941-01.03.1945 | Cdr. T. Kerr, RN (retd) |
| Commanding Officer | 01.03.1945-(07.1945) | A/Cdr. D.H.E. McCowen, RNVR |
| Secretary | 16.07.1940-(02.1941) | Midsh. J.C. Davies, RN |
| Secretary | 01.08.1941-(08.1942) | Paym.Lt. R.H. Lindop, RNR |
| Secretary | 20.01.1943-(08.1943) | T/Paym.Lt. R.H. Coulson, RNVR |
| Staff Officer (Operations) | 09.09.1940-(02.1941) | Lt.Cdr. J.L. Younghusband, RN |
| 27.06.1942-05.04.1943 | Lt.Cdr. O.C.H. Giddy, RN (retd) | |
| 01.12.1942-(10.1944) | Lt. | Lt.Cdr. S.C. Kennell, RN (retd) | |
| Staff Officer (Operations) | 26.08.1941-(12.1941) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.A.H. Wood, RNVR |
| 01.02.1944-(04.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.C. Sidebottam, RNVR | |
| 05.05.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. K.E.A. Bayley, RNVR | |
| 16.02.1943-(06.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.A.H. Wood, RNVR | |
| 03.11.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Price, RNVR | |
| Training Officer Coastal Forces | ??.??.????-(01.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. K.E.A. Bayley, RNVR [at base from 05.05.1944] |
| Training Officer Coastal Forces | 21.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.E. Ascoli, RNVR |
| Staff Officer (Operations) | 08.08.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.E. Mason, RNVR |
| 01.02.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Cambridge, RNVR | |
| [Staff Officer (Operations) ?] | 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. I.C. Trelawny, RNVR |
| 01.07.1940-(12.1941) | Lt. J.H. Plumer, RN | |
| 01.07.1940-(08.1942) | Lt. W.C. Musson, RN (retd) [(02.1941) up till (12.1941) shown as Gunnery Officer] | |
| Torpedo Officer | 08.08.1941-(12.1941) | Lt. D.J. Long, RN |
| 28.08.1942-(07.1945) | Lt. E. Tickell, RN (retd) | |
| 13.11.1944-(07.1945) | Lt. S.P. Brewer, RN | |
| 16.02.1943-(06.1943) | T/Lt. (T) F.G.D. Higgs, RNVR | |
| Staff Officer (Operations) | 19.01.1942-(08.1942) | T/Lt. E. Leigh, RNVR |
| 20.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. J.E. Taylor, RNVR | |
| 10.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. H.J. Ward, RNVR | |
| 14.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. J.B. Irving, RNVR | |
| 28.03.1943-(10.1943) | T/Lt. J.A. Wolfe, RNVR | |
| 07.07.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. E.W. Latham, RNVR | |
| 07.02.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. A.M.C. Scott, RNVR | |
| 27.08.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. C.H.D. Innes-Grant, RNVR | |
| 21.11.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. F.F. Powell, RNVR | |
| 25.09.1944-07.12.1944 | T/Lt. M. Arnold-Forster, RNVR | |
| 20.09.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/Lt. C.K. Baines, RNVR | |
| 21.07.1941-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/A/Lt. J.E. Wood, RNVR [from (08.1942) shown as in lieu of Specialist Gunnery Officer] | |
| 21.06.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt. G.F. Knight, RNVR | |
| 18.01.1943-(10.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) F.K. Keer, RN | |
| 30.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) G.G. Wood, RN | |
| 00.09.1940-(02.1941) | Lt. (E) H.C.D. Boase, RN | |
| 14.01.1945-(07.1945) | Lt. (E) P.J. Nops, RN | |
| 00.12.1944-(07.1945) * | T/Lt. (E) D. Smith, RNR [possibly till 04.1945] | |
| 19.06.1941-(08.1942) | T/Lt. (E) E.F. Osborne, RNVR | |
| 07.04.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. (E) K.H. Perry, RNVR | |
| 12.06.1942-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) J.R. Wilkinson, RNVR | |
| 08.03.1943-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) | T/Lt. (E) W. Beckett, RNVR | |
| 09.11.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. (E) G.A. Soutar, RNVR | |
| 28.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) H.V. Bonham, RNVR | |
| 28.06.1943-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) | T/Lt. (E) C.I.W. James, RNVR | |
| 08.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) S. Nicholson, RNVR | |
| 19.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (E) B.A. Evans, RNVR | |
| Y Coy R.M. Aux. Bd. | 06.03.1942-(08.1942) | A/Capt. P.W. Sparks, RM (retd) |
| Y Coy R.M. Aux. Bd. | 06.03.1942-(08.1942) | T/Lt. C.W. Baybrook, RM |
| 25.04.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. J. O'Donnell, RM | |
| 25.04.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. E.A. Bryett, RM | |
| Chaplain | 13.01.1941-(08.1942) | Chapl. Rev. J.A.C. Shaw, RNVR |
| Chaplain | 24.09.1942-(10.1943) | T/Chapl. Rev. A. Bird, RNVR |
| Chaplain | 16.11.1943-(01.1945) | T/Chapl. Rev. W.H.S. Sanford, RNVR |
| 00.09.1940-(10.1940) | Paym.Cdr. I.R. Watson, RN | |
| Base Accountant Officer | 15.10.1940-(02.1941) | Paym.Cdr. A.A. Hannan, RNR |
| Base Accountant [later: Supply] Officer | 08.10.1941-(07.1945) | Paym.Cdr. = Cdr. (S) C.J. Green, RNR (retd) |
| Medical Officer | 00.09.1940-(02.1941) | Surg.Lt.Cdr. A.R. Ewart, RN |
| Medical Officer | 20.05.1942-(02.1943) | T/Surg.Lt. T.D. Pilcher, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 22.04.1943-(06.1944) | T/Surg.Lt. J.G.C. Murray, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 31.08.1942-24.07.1943 | T/Surg.Lt. G.R.C. Rayner, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 24.07.1943-(06.1944) | T/Surg.Lt. R. Browning, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 30.09.1944-(01.1945) | T/Surg.Lt. E.C. Archer, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 00.08.1944-(01.1945) | Prob. T/Surg.Lt. | T/Surg.Lt. J.A. Ritchie, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 25.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/Surg.Lt. C.F. Donovan, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 18.01.1945-(07.1945) | T/Surg.Lt. T.C. Prideaux, RNVR |
| 05.07.1940-(02.1941) | Paym.Lt. R.C. Renner, RNZNVR | |
| 05.09.1941-(06.1944) | Paym.Lt. A.R.M. Wonham, RNR | |
| 03.08.1944-(07.1945) | T/Paym.Lt. = T/Lt. (S) M.H. Wilson, RNVR | |
| 11.02.1941-(07.1945) | Shipwright Lt.Cdr. H.R. Lillicrap, RN (retd) | |
| 18.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/Elect.Lt. L.A. Tuttiett, RNVR | |
| 24.05.1943-(12.1943) | T/Elect.Lt. N.R. Rice, RNVR | |
| 17.04.1944-(07.1945) | T/Elect.Lt. K. Collinson, RNVR | |
| 03.05.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. (T) A.R. New, RNVR | |
| 22.06.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. H.W. Arnold, RNVR | |
| 19.09.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.R. Waller, RNVR | |
| 01.09.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.R. Toogood, RNVR | |
| 22.03.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. S.A. Airey, RNVR | |
| 00.09.1940-(10.1940) | S.Lt. (E) A.D. Taylor, RNVR | |
| 16.08.1943-(10.1943) | T/S.Lt. (E) R.W.J. Stone, RNVR | |
| 10.04.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. (E) J.W.E. Phillips, RNVR | |
| 29.11.1943-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) L.H. Remington, RNVR | |
| 03.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) B.T. Hedgecock, RNVR | |
| 07.02.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. (E) E. Scott, RNVR | |
| 12.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. (E) J. McMullen, RNVR | |
| 01.11.1943-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) E.E. Bailey, RNVR | |
| 22.05.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. (E) J. Mackay, RNVR | |
| 21.09.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) R.R. Dawson, RNVR | |
| 00.05.1944-(06.1944) | T/A/El.S.Lt. K.N. Dixon, RNVR | |
| 03.05.1944-(01.1945) | T/El.S.Lt. G.M. Styles, RNVR | |
| 16.01.1942-(08.1942) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) J.W. Barrie, RNVR | |
| Base Radar Officer | 20.10.1941-(02.1943) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) A.V.W. Bennett, RNVR |
| 18.07.1941-(10.1944) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) S.R.B. Gaymer, RNVR [initially for miscellaneous services] | |
| 02.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) H. Donaldson, RNVR | |
| 00.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) J.D. Evans, RNVR | |
| Base Radar Officer | 01.09.1941-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) J.A. Breadner, RCNVR [initially for miscellaneous services] |
| 10.02.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) R. Reeves, RNVR | |
| 15.03.1943-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) C.E. Crossland, RNVR | |
| 11.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) S.S. McKechnie, RNVR | |
| 06.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) R.L. Blackmore, RNVR | |
| Base Radar Officer | 15.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) B. Lacome, RNVR |
| 16.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) A.L. Orr, RNVR | |
| 05.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) J.E. Young, RNVR | |
| 01.07.1940-(08.1942) | Cd.Gnr. (T) P.J.M. Odell, RN | |
| 19.08.1940-(08.1942) | Cd.Gnr. (T) R.A. McDowall, RN [(10.1940) up till (12.1941) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 01.09.1943-(12.1943) | Gnr. (T) J.R. Smyth, RN | |
| 01.09.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/Gnr. (T) H.A. Collins, RN | |
| 29.09.1942-(06.1944) | T/Warrant Supply Officer G.C.J. Dalley, RN | |
| 29.07.1944-(07.1945) | T/Warrant Stores Officer H. Moor, RN | |
| 00.11.1944-(01.1945) | T/Warrant Stores Officer C. Cowie, RN | |
| For Motor Launch duties | ||
| 11.11.1942-(06.1943) | A/Lt.Cdr. H.B. Brassey, RANVR | |
| 15.06.1942-(06.1943) | T/Lt. | T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.C. Bradley, RNZNVR [up till (02.1943) shown as for miscellaneous services] | |
| 30.08.1942-(06.1943) | T/Lt. M.R. Robinson, RNVR | |
| 00.09.1942-(06.1943) | T/Lt. A.W. Elliott, RNVR | |
| 23.10.1942-(06.1943) | T/Lt. F.E.R. Merritt, RNZNVR | |
| 24.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.S. Brown, RNVR | |
| 20.07.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. V.H. Harris, RNVR | |
| 03.05.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. B.K. Esmond-Evans, RNVR | |
| 00.09.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. C. Beever, RNVR | |
| 00.09.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.S. Cannell, RNVR | |
| 14.11.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.M. Ward, RNVR | |
| 23.11.1942-(06.1943) | T/A/S/Lt. | T/S.Lt. T.J. Myring, RNVR | |
| 30.11.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.M. Collie, RANVR | |
| 00.07.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.C. Drake, RNZNVR | |
| 02.06.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. N.R. Swanson, SANF(V) [up till (08.1942) shown as for miscellaneous services] | |
| 01.03.1943-(06.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. M.K. Smellie, RNVR | |
| 15.03.1943-(06.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. A.D. Slade, RNVR | |
| For miscellaneous services (i.e. mainly for service with MTBs/MGBs) | ||
| Resident Naval Officer, Aldeburgh and Felixstowe | 00.09.1941-(12.1941) | Capt. G.I.S. More, RN (retd) |
| Resident Naval Officer, Aldeburgh and Felixstowe | 08.06.1942-(08.1943) | Cdr. H.S. Gillett, RN (retd) |
| 16.09.1940-(10.1944) | Cdr. H.B. Worsley, RN (retd) | |
| 11.07.1940-(10.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.C. Wise, RNVR | |
| 17.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.D. Hodgeman, RNR | |
| 06.11.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.E. Ascoli, RNVR | |
| 00.12.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Blackburn, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.E. York, RANVR | |
| 00.09.1940-(10.1940) | Lt. E.N. Poland, RN [up till (10.1940) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 25.10.1940-(02.1941) | Lt. J.A. Eardley-Wilmot, RN | |
| 29.03.1944-(06.1944) | Lt. C.W. Dyer, RN | |
| 11.09.1944-(01.1945) | Lt. C.E.M. Thornycroft, RN | |
| Control duties | 06.11.1944-(01.1945) | Lt. R.F. Plugge, RN |
| As Control Officer | 04.12.1944-(01.1945) | Lt. R.S.I. Hawkins, RN |
| 25.01.1943-(07.1945) | Lt. S.J.K. Edwards, RNR [up till (06.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 10.02.1944-(10.1944) | Lt. M.A.J. Landon, RNR | |
| 09.10.1944-(01.1945) | Lt. W.P. Jones, RNR | |
| 07.11.1944-(07.1945) | Lt. E. White, RNR | |
| 27.03.1941-(08.1943) | T/Lt. J.H. Zappert, RNR | |
| 29.08.1943-(07.1945) | Lt. W. Brown Watson, RNVR | |
| 00.10.1940-(02.1941) | T/Lt. A. Evans-Thomas, RNVR | |
| 04.01.1941-(02.1941) | T/Lt. F.C.G. Preston, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 08.01.1941-(12.1941) | T/Lt. E.St.J. Emerson, RNVR | |
| 28.06.1941-(10.1943) | T/Lt. E.T. Porall, RNVR | |
| 06.07.1941-(10.1943) | T/Lt. R.H. Tigg, RNVR | |
| 18.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. R.G. Main, RNVR | |
| 20.10.1942-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. R.A. Carr, RNVR [(02.1943) up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 24.01.1944-(04.1944) | T/Lt. P. Magnus, RNVR | |
| 16.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. C.M. Bondfield, RNVR | |
| 22.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. P.T.W. Beck, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. J.M. Moore, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. J.E.H. Davies, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. R.J. Dyke, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. J.A. Wolfe, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. R.T. Sykes, RNVR | |
| 15.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. A.D. Foster, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. J.D. Dixon, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. J. Collins, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. K. Hartley, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. D.G. Gill, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. | /Lt. P.W.T. Warren, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. A.E. Foster, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. D.A. Hall, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. A.J. Lee, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. N.C. Morrow, RNVR | |
| 01.12.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. P.G. Allan, RNVR | |
| 26.09.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. K.E. Harris, RNVR | |
| 09.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. C.D. Cobb, RNVR | |
| 12.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. P.G.A. Irvine, RNVR | |
| 03.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. F.J. Head, RNVR | |
| 26.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. A.G. Halstead, RNVR | |
| 00.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. D. Walters, RNVR | |
| 00.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. R.M. Barge, RNVR | |
| 00.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. R.G. Fison, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. H.G. Franklin, RNVR | |
| 00.11.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. H.P. Granlund, RNVR | |
| 08.12.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. J.W. Lambert, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. J.W. Bullivent, RNVR | |
| 07.02.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. D.L. Bailey, RNVR | |
| 15.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. J.A.V. Braithwaite, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/Lt. L.E. Yock, RANVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. G.J. Plank, RNZNVR [up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. G.J. Macdonald, RNZNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. N. Watson, RNZNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. T.F. Southee, RNZNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. R.A. Mitford-Burgess, RNZNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. G.K. Natusch, RNZNVR | |
| 26.09.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) O.M. Henzell, RN | |
| 01.07.1940-(12.1941) | T/Lt. (E) J.A. Pollitt, RN [(10.1940) up till (12.1941) shown as for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 20.03.1941-(12.1941) | T/Lt. (E) G.A.F. Hally, RN [up till (12.1941) shown as for 1st MTB Flotilla] | |
| 01.04.1941-(12.1941) | T/Lt. (E) E.D.E. Toleman, RNVR [up till (12.1941) shown as for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 01.06.1942-(10.1943) | T/Lt. (E) G.A.F. Hally, RN | |
| Medical Officer | 01.05.1945-(07.1945) | Prob. T/Sg.Lt. J.M. Taylor, RNVR |
| Medical Officer | 01.05.1945-(07.1945) | Prob. T/Sg.Lt. A.L. Speiro, RNVR |
| Dental Officer | 18.05.1944-(01.1945) | T/Sg.Lt. (D) A.G. Pairman, RNVR |
| Dental Officer | 00.02.1945-(07.1945) | T/Sg.Lt. (D) A.G. Galloway, RNVR |
| 00.09.1940-(02.1941) | S.Lt. N.J. Head, RN [(10.1940) up till (02.1941) for 1st MTB Flotilla] | |
| 11.01.1943-(07.1945) | A/S.Lt. | S.Lt. A.H. Ryan, RN [(02.1943) up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 11.01.1943-(02.1943) | A/S.Lt. A.G.S. Langley, RN [up till (02.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 12.09.1940-(10.1940) | S.Lt. G.L. Coles, RNVR [up till (10.1940) for 10th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 20.09.1943-(12.1943) | S.Lt. E.G. Thomson, RNVR | |
| 30.08.1940-(10.1940) | Prob. T/S.Lt. R.J. Bedford, RNVR [up till (10.1940) for 10th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 15.09.1940-(02.1941) | T/S.Lt. J. Weedon, RNVR [(10.1940) up till (02.1941) for 1st MTB Flotilla] | |
| 04.08.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. R. Varril, RNVR [up till (12.1941) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 06.07.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. L.M. Taylor, RNVR | |
| 29.06.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. K.E. Harris, RNVR | |
| 29.06.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. W.K. Foster, RNVR | |
| 28.12.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. H. McIntyre, RNVR [up till (02.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 08.12.1941-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.F. Kerr, RNVR [(08.1942) up till (06.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 02.11.1941-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. B.A. Shearman, RNVR [up till (02.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 19.04.1943-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. L.A. Kenny, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. T.E.B. Mills, RNVR [up till (02.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. G.R. Smail, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.E. Wiltshire, RNVR | |
| 21.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. P.G.F. Boskett, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.L.A. Baker, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. F.W.P. Bourne, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(04.1944) | T/S.Lt. J. Quine, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.S.S. Hawkins, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. B.H. Gerrard, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. D.W. Moore, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. R.J.W. Timms, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. D.W.A. Forbes, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. E.C. Glennie, RNVR | |
| 25.10.1943-(01.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. A.C.W. Lee, RNVR | |
| 24.01.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. P.J. Hodson, RNVR | |
| 06.09.1943-(07.1945) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. R.D.H. Balkwill, RNVR | |
| 28.02.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. R.W. Spencer, RNVR | |
| 13.07.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. N.C. Plant, RANVR | |
| 03.01.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. W.S. Evans, RNVR | |
| 24.04.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. P.F. Brandon, RNVR | |
| 24.04.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. J.R. Brandon, RNVR | |
| 25.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. J.H.E. Ellis, RNVR | |
| 00.07.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.K.W. James, RNVR | |
| 26.06.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. C.F. Waters, RNVR | |
| 20.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. N.J. Davey, RNVR | |
| 21.11.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. D.R. Lorimer, RNVR | |
| 21.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. G.D.A. Bagley, RNVR | |
| 27.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. C.C. Gough, RNVR | |
| 02.12.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. H.M. Scully, RNVR | |
| 08.12.1944-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. H.S. Ambler, RNVR | |
| 26.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. S.J. Burke, RNVR | |
| 15.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.R. Baylis, RNVR | |
| 13.10.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. L.E. Yock, RANVR [up till (12.1941) shown as for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 13.10.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. G.M. Page, RANVR [up till (12.1941) shown as for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 21.08.1943-(10.1943) | T/S.Lt. H.G. Duffel-Intemann, RNZNVR | |
| 20.02.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. W.G. McCallum, RNVR | |
| 02.11.1942-(02.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. G.N. Fish, RNVR [up till (02.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 14.12.1942-(07.1945) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. F.J.R. Shadbolt, RNVR [(02.1943) up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 23.08.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. D.C.H. Smith, RNVR | |
| 28.06.1943-(08.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. G.P.H. James, RNVR | |
| 08.05.1943-(07.1945) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. D.O. Key, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 09.08.1943-(12.1943) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. D.E.P. Howard, RNVR | |
| 29.08.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. P.G. Drake, RNVR | |
| 08.03.1943-(07.1945) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. B. Roberts, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 28.02.1944-(06.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. F.G.C. Smyth, RNVR | |
| 26.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. F. Finney, RNVR | |
| 14.08.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. P.R. Millest, RNVR | |
| 16.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. J.M. Dexter, RNVR | |
| 16.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. I.T. Hughes, RNVR | |
| 22.09.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. C.R.W. Spedding, RNVR | |
| 05.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. R.E.G. Gubbins, RNVR | |
| 06.11.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. I.C. Moon, RNVR | |
| 16.10.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. A.G. Durrant, RNVR | |
| 01.12.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. N.A.M. Ferguson, RNVR | |
| 24.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. W.J. Seally, RNVR | |
| 06.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. A.P. Severs, RNVR | |
| 16.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. E. Southernwood, RNVR | |
| 06.09.1940-(10.1940) | Gnr. (T) A.R. Talboys, RN [up till (10.1940) for 1st MTB Flotilla] | |
| 01.07.1940-(12.1941) | Gnr. | Cd.Gnr. (T) G.W. Odell, RN (retd) [up till (10.1940) for 10th MTB Flotilla; (02.1941) up till (12.1941) for 1st MTB Flotilla] | |
| 00.09.1940-(02.1941) | Lt. (E) W.R. Coverdale, RN [(10.1940) up till (02.1941) for 10th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 24.03.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. (E) H.L. Coatalen, RNVR [up till (08.1942) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 26.09.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) C.H. Miller, RNVR | |
| 14.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/El.S.Lt. H.G. Birkenshaw, RCNVR | |
| 07.08.1940-(02.1941) | Wt.Eng. H. Pead, RN [(10.1940) up till (02.1941) for 1st MTB Flotilla] | |
| 21.01.1941-(02.1941) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) L.W. Bramah, RNVR | |
| 00.03.1941-(12.1941) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) R.R. Turner, RNVR | |
| 04.02.1941-(12.1941) | Prob. T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) R.R. Mutton, RNVR | |
| 28.12.1942-(02.1943) | T/Midsh. J.R.B. Williams-Ellis, RNVR [up till (02.1943) for 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| 28.12.1942-(02.1943) | T/Midsh. E.H. Legat, RNVR [up till (02.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 16.11.1942-(02.1943) | T/Midsh. C.C. Gough, RNVR [up till (02.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 19.04.1943-(06.1943) | T/Midsh. W.R. Jones, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 14.06.1943-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. R.H. Jones, RNVR | |
| 19.04.1943-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. P.H. De Whalley, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 19.04.1943-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. P.J. Hodson, RNVR [up till (06.1943) for 4th MTB Flotilla] | |
| 28.06.1943-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. D.J. Marshall, RNVR | |
| 23.08.1943-(07.1945) | T/Midsh. K.W. Whetton, RNVR | |
| 20.12.1943-(04.1944) | T/Midsh. P.J. Bragg, RNVR | |
| WRNS | ||
| In charge WRNS Coastal Force Base | 16.11.1942-(12.1943) | 2/O N.H. Allen, WRNS |
| In charge WRNS Coastal Force Base | 06.03.1944-(06.1944) | 2/O A. Crick, WRNS |
| In charge WRNS Coastal Force Base | 27.09.1944-(07.1945) | A/1/O C. MacGeagh, WRNS |
| 15.05.1943-(12.1943) | 2/O F.M. Delves, WRNS | |
| 26.07.1942-(06.1944) | 3/O | A/2/O | 2/O P.K.J. Skipwith, WRNS | |
| 28.08.1944-(01.1945) | 2/O D.E. Murphy, WRNS | |
| 16.02.1944-(07.1945) | 2/O J.L. Gray, WRNS | |
| 04.10.1944-(07.1945) | 2/O J.l. Irving, WRNS | |
| 28.11.1944-(01.1945) | 2/O D.M. Whittome, WRNS | |
| 27.12.1944-(07.1945) | 2/O P.M.G. Goddard, WRNS | |
| 24.03.1945-(07.1945) | 2/O E. Martin, WRNS | |
| 15.11.1942-(06.1944) | A/3/O | 3/O | A/2/O J.M. Cocker, WRNS [before 1943? J.M. Sewell] | |
| 14.12.1943-(06.1944) | A/2/O M.F. Moore, WRNS | |
| 06.09.1942-(08.1943) | 3/O A. Maclean, WRNS | |
| 12.12.1942-(12.1943) | 3/O J.N. Stobie, WRNS | |
| 23.08.1942-(06.1943) | 3/O D.K.M. Cork WRNS | |
| 06.04.1943-(04.1944) | A/3/O | 3/O E.J. McGill, WRNS | |
| 26.07.1942-(04.1944) | 3/O P. Brett, WRNS | |
| 18.10.1942-(04.1944) | 3/O J.D. Hunot, WRNS | |
| 22.11.1942-(08.1943) | A/3/O | 3/O S.M. Wethered, WRNS | |
| 02.08.1943-(12.1943) | 3/O M.E. Maloy, WRNS | |
| 10.03.1944-(10.1944) | 3/O A.D. St John Inman, WRNS | |
| 05.08.1943-(04.1944) | 3/O E.A. Kennedy, WRNS | |
| 27.06.1943-(10.1944) | A/3/O | 3/O M.E. Mitchell, WRNS | |
| 13.06.1943-(10.1944) | A/3/O | 3/O D.M. Kee, WRNS | |
| 28.06.1943-(10.1944) | A/3/O | 3/O E. Pattemore, WRNS | |
| 01.08.1943-(10.1944) | A/3/O | 3/O J.M.P. Tustin, WRNS | |
| 25.12.1943-(07.1945) | A/3/O | 3/O K.W. Groom, WRNS | |
| 22.11.1944-(07.1945) | 3/O J.M. Keith Walsh, WRNS | |
| 13.12.1942-(08.1943) | A/3/O A.R. Millar, WRNS | |
| 17.04.1944-(06.1944) | A/3/O V.F. Gates, WRNS | |
| 08.05.1944-(06.1944) | A/3/O E.M.H. Mathieson, WRNS | |
| 28.05.1944-(07.1945) | A/3/O | 3/O D.M. Ritchie, WRNS | |
| 10.05.1944-(10.1944) | A/3/O J.M. Harris, WRNS | |
| 14.05.1944-(06.1944) | A/3/O E.N. Scott, WRNS | |
| 31.08.1944-(10.1944) | A/3/O M.P. Nankivell, WRNS | |
| 02.07.1944-(10.1944) | A/3/O E.H. Champion, WRNS | |
| 04.11.1944-(01.1945) | A/3/O N. Beadnell, WRNS | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Britannia III | Dartmouth. [01.05.1941-23.12.1942] MTBs, MGBs | |
| Commanding Officer | 29.04.1941-26.07.1941 | Cdr. T. Kerr, RN (retd) |
| 26.07.1941-00.10.1941 | Cdr. E.F. Fitzgerald, RN (retd) | |
| 00.10.1941-23.12.1942 | Cdr. A.T. Yardley, RNR (retd) | |
| Duty Officer | (1942) | T/Lt. (Sp) T.Y. Carnie, RNVR |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Caroline | Belfast. MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 21.09.1939-(07.1945) | Cdr. D.M. Hervey-MacLeay, RN (retd) |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Cicala | Dartmouth. [21.08.1943-31.12.1944] MTBs, MGBs | |
| Commanding Officer | 21.08.1943-05.11.1943 | Cdr. A.T. Yardley, RNR (retd) |
| 05.11.1943-04.10.1944 | Cdr. J.J.R. Peirson, RN (retd) | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Claverhouse | Leith. MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Dartmouth II | Dartmouth. [23.12.1942-21.08.1943] MTBs, MGBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 23.12.1942-21.08.1942 | Cdr. A.T. Yardley, RNR (retd) |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Fervent | Ramsgate. [10.10.1939-17.09.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 16.09.1940-(07.1945) | Capt. A.F.W. Howard, RN (retd) |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Flora III | Invergordon. [01.09.1942-04.12.1943] MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Forte IV | Falmouth. [08.07.1941-06.11.1944] MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 23.06.1941-12.03.1942 | Cdr. H.S.M. Herbert, RN (retd) |
| 12.03.1942-15.02.1945 | A/Cdr. E.G. Hallewell, RCN (retd) | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Forward II | Newhaven. [04.03.1941-11.11.1942] MTBs | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Fox | Lerwick. MTBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 00.09.1944-(07.1945) | A/Capt. H.C. Browne, RN |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Hornet | Gosport. [20.12.1939-1956] Coastal Forces Depot, MTBs | |
| Commanding Officer | 15.08.1944-(07.1945) | Capt. the Hon. E. Pleydell-Bouverie, RN |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Iron Duke | Scapa Flow. MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 20.02.1945-(07.1945) | A/Capt. R.E. Cowell, RN |
| Coastal Forces
base, HMS Mantis formerly: HMS Minos II |
Lowestoft. [26.07.1942-00.06.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 26.07.1942-21.09.1943 | A/Cdr. K.M.B.L. Barnard, RN (retd) |
| 21.09.1943-(07.1945) | Lt.Cdr. M.R. Street, RN (retd) | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Midge | Yarmouth. [01.01.1941-21.07.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 15.11.1941-04.05.1944 | Cdr. M.A. Brind, RN |
| 19.06.1944-(07.1945) | A/Cdr. A.C.G. Jolley, RN (retd) | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Minos | Lowestoft. [01.07.1940-01.05.1941] MTBs, MGBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces
base, HMS Minos II renamed: HMS Mantis |
Lowestoft. [01.05.1941-26.07.1942] MTBs, MGBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 01.05.1941-26.07.1942 | A/Cdr. K.L.M.B. Barnard, RN (retd) |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Rager | Larne. [01.08.1941-26.07.1942] MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS St. Christopher | Fort William, Scotland. [31.10.1940-31.12.1944] Training centre | |
| Commanding Officer | Cdr. A.E.P. Welman, RN | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Seahawk | Adrishaig. [01.01.1941-00.10.1944] Anti-submarine training | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Skirmisher II | Milford Haven. [01.05.1941-15.04.1943] | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Tadpole | Poole. [24.05.1944-30.11.1945] Paying off & disposal | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| HMS Vernon | Portsmouth. [1940-1941]. Initial base of Coastal Forces, before special bases were created. | |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| Coastal Forces base, HMS
Torch (also Minesweepers base) |
Holyhead, Anglesey. [11.09.1939-18.10.43] "Working up" base | |
| Commanding Officer | 25.08.1939-(08.1942) | Capt. J.B. Kitson, RN (retd) |
| 21.11.1942-(10.1943) | V.Adm. W.F. Sells, RN (retd) | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Wasp | Dover. [02.09.1940-14.12.1944] MTBs, MGBs, MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 23.03.1942- | A/Capt. P.L. Gunn, RN |
| -22.11.1944 | Capt. W.L.G. Adams, RN | |
| Senior Officer MTB's | Lt.Cdr. E.N. Pumphrey, RN | |
| (03.1942) | acting Lt. L.J.H. Gamble, RN | |
| Senior Officer Dutch MTBs (2nd & 9th MTB Flotillas) | 01.10.1943-16.09.1944 | Lt. / T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.H. Larive, RNethN |
| Staff shore establishment Dutch MTBs ["Waldetachement"] | ||
| 18.05.1944-13.07.1944 | Lt. H.L. Sixma baron van Heemstra, RNethN | |
| (06.1944)-21.06.1944 | T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) Ir. A. van Slikkerveer, RNethN Res | |
| (20.06.1944) | T/Lt. (E) A.C. Bruning, RNethN Res | |
| (20.06.1944) | Lt. (E) A.H.D. Hoppener, RNethN | |
| (20.06.1944) | Paymaster S.Lt. F.H. Knottenbelt, RNethN Res | |
| (20.06.1944; hospitalized) | Lt. G.W. Bendien, RNethN | |
| (20.06.1944)-11.09.1944 | Mid. A.J. Rotteveel, RNethN | |
| Coastal Forces base, HMS Wildfire III | Sheerness. MLs | |
| Commanding Officer | 27.08.1943-(07.1945) | T/A/Cdr. T. Hughes, RNR |
| Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 1 (CFMU 1) | Newhaven (06.1944); Arromanches (07.1944); Ostend (09.1944); Cuxhaven (05.1945); Gosport (08.1945) | |
| Commanding Officer | 07.1944-(1945?) | Cdr. M.A. Brind, RN |
| Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 2 (CFMU 2) | Chatham (05.1944); Wilhelmshaven (14.05.1945); Copenhagen; Cuxhaven | |
| Commanding Officer | 04.06.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/Cdr. D.G. Bradford, RNR |
| Engineer Officer | 04.01.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. (E) E.J.S. Hollis, RNVR |
| Miscellaneous Ratings Division | 01.02.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) G.E. Laity, RNVR |
Index by place names
| Ad - Go | Gr - Mi | Ne - Ya | |||
| Adrishaig | Seahawk | Great Yarmouth see: Yarmouth | Newhaven | Forward II, Aggressive, CFMU 1 | |
| Belfast | Caroline | Holyhead | Bee, Torch | Poole | Tadpole |
| Chatham | CFMU 2 | Immingham | Beaver II | Portland | Attack |
| Dartmouth | Britannia III, Dartmouth II, Cicala | Invergordon | Flora III | Portsmouth | Vernon |
| Dover | Wasp | Larne | Rager | Ramsgate | Fervent |
| Falmouth | Forte IV | Leith | Claverhouse | Scapa Flow | Iron Duke |
| Felixstowe | Beehive | Lerwick | Fox | Sheerness | Wildfire III |
| Fort William | St. Christopher | Lowestoft | Minos, Minos II, Mantis | Weymouth | Bee |
| Gosport | Hornet, CFMU 1 | Milford Haven | Skirmisher II | Yarmouth | Midge |
Motor Gunboats (MGBs)
| 3rd MGB Flotilla | [Renamed
9th MGB Flotilla ??]. Formed at Fowey. Based at Dover mid 08.1941. Based
at Ramsgate mid 09.1941. Consisted of: MGB 46 + British, French & Polish MGBs: 13, 41, 43, 44, 48, S 2, S 3, S 6, S 7 |
|
| Senior Officer | [04.1943-01.09.1943 | Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN ?] |
| 6th MGB Flotilla | Formed
December 1940 at Fowey. 06.03.1941 to Felixstowe [HMS Beehive].
Consisted of: (12.1941) MGB 58, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67 (08.1942) MGB 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 77 (02.1943) MGB 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 74, 75, 77, 80 (06.1943) MGB 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 74, 75, 77, 80, 112 |
|
| Senior Officer | 00.12.1940-00.08.1941 | Lt. P.N. Howes, RN |
| 00.08.1941-(02.1943) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hichens, RNVR [in MGB 64, later MGB 77] | |
| 04.05.1943-(06.1943) | Lt. F.N. Stephenson, RN [in MGB 77] | |
| 14.06.1943-(08.1943) | Lt. H.A.J. Hollings, RN [in MGB 67] | |
| (1944) | Lt. T.J. Mathias, RNVR |
| 7th MGB Flotilla | ||
| Senior Officer | Lt. J.B.R. Horne, RN |
| 8th MGB Flotilla | Renamed 1st MTB Flotilla | |
| Senior Officer | -13.04.1943 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hichens, RNVR |
| 9th MGB Flotilla | Ramsgate. Consisted (01.09.1943) of: MGB 107, 108, 113 [= Polish S 4], 114, 116, 117, 118 [+ 110] |
|
| Senior Officer | (1942 ? / 1943?) | Lt. P.F.S. Gould, RN |
| -29.05.1943 | Lt. G.D.K. Richards, RN | |
| 00.05.1943-[09.1943?] | Lt. R.B. Rooper, RN | |
| 01.09.1943-01.02.1944 | Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN |
| 14th MGB Flotilla | ||
| Senior Officer | Lt.Cdr. W.G. Everitt, RN | |
| Lt.Cdr. T. Cartwright, RNVR |
| 57th MGB Flotilla | ||
| Senior Officer | 04.07.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt.Cdr. T.J. Bligh, RNVR [MGB 662] |
| MGB 6 | |||
| Commanding Officer | (08.1942) | T/S.Lt. R.M. Barge, RNVR | |
| 29.05.1943 | (08.1943) | T/Lt. J. Gaywood Lewis, RNVR |
| MGB 7 | |||
| Commanding Officer | 22.09.1942 | (08.1943) | T/Lt. R.A. Duder, RNZNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 22.09.1942 | (08.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.W.R. Andrews, RNVR |
| MGB 8 | BPB
type. Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe). Ordered: ?. Completed: 22.05.1940. |
Harbour service (1945). Houseboat (1954). |
| Commanding Officer | 05.1943-(04.1944) | T/Lt. C.J. Wright, RNZNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 06.06.1943-(12.1943) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. G.A. Dale, RNVR |
| MGB 9 | ||
| Commanding Officer | (05.1942) | T/S.Lt. R.M. Barge, RNVR |
| MGB 14 | ||
| Commanding Officer | T/Lt. J.D. Maitland, RCNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | ||
| T/Lt. C.A. Burk, RCNVR |
| MGB 17 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 21.01.1943-(03.1943) | T/Lt. C.A. Burk, RCNVR |
| First Lieutenant | (06.1942?) | T/S.Lt. Tine [?], RNVR [T/Midsh. H.S. Turner, RNVR ?] |
| MGB 20 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 20.04.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.R. Dale, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 23.11.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.W. Tyrwhitt-Drake, RNVR |
| MGB 21 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 24.04.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. J.S. Price, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 08.07.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. E.W. Keenan, RNVR |
| MGB 43 | Served in 3rd MGB Flotilla. | |
| Commanding Officer | Lt. P.F.S. Gould, RN |
| MGB 46 | Served in 3rd MGB Flotilla. Dutch ex-TMB 51. Taken on service 13.03.1941. Based at Fowey 12.06.1941-07.1941, exercises. Blew up on British mine, but salvaged while sinking & in repair 07-08.1941. Moved to Dover 09.1941. Patrols in Channel 09.1941 & enemy engagement 12.09.1941. Based at Ramsgate 09.1941-25.11.1942. In repair at Hythe 09.1941-03.1942. Patrols & enemy engagements 03.1942-06.1942. Badly damaged to Dover 14.06.1942. Patrols & minelaying 08-11.1942. Paid off at Portland 25.11.1942. | |
| Commanding Officer | 13.03.1941-01.09.1941 | Lt. J. van Staveren, RNethN |
| 01.09.1941-22.01.1942 | Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN | |
| 22.01.1942-07.10.1942 | S.Lt. / Lt. J.A. Schreuder, RNethN | |
| 07.10.1942-25.11.1942 | Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN |
| MGB
51 ex-MASB 51 |
BPB
type. Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe). Seized: 03.07.1940. Completed: 13.07.1940. |
HMS St Christopher (at 12.1941). Sea Cadet Corps (1944). |
| Commanding Officer | 28.06.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. O.L. Hooker, RNVR |
| 18.09.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. A.L. Raybould, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 27.06.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. W.H. Keefer, RCNVR |
| 19.06.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.J. Clemow, RNVR |
| MGB 58 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 08.10.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. R.A. Carr, RNVR |
| 08.06.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. A.B. Thompson, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 22.09.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. E.C. Glennie, RNVR |
| 15.11.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. P.W.T. Warren, RNVR |
| MGB 59 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 28.09.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. J.F. Kerr, RNVR |
| 27.03.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. D.A. Hall, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 28.09.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. H.F. Warner, RNZNVR |
| 08.03.1943-(06.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. E.W. Morley, RNVR |
| MGB 60 ex-MASB 60 |
01.1941 by redesignation of MA/SB 60. Served in 6th MGB Flotilla. 18.08-11.1941 out of action. Late 1943 non-operational, paid off 08.1944. | |
| Commanding Officer | 00.01.1941- | Lt. G.D.K. Richards, RN |
| 27.06.1942-(06.1943) | T/Lt. J.D. Dixon, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 27.04.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. W.A. Hill, RNVR |
| 03.10.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. N. Watson, RNZNVR | |
| 00.08.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.R. Smail, RNVR |
| MGB 61 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 00.12.1940-00.08.1941 | Lt. P.N. Howes, RN |
| 25.08.1941-(12.1941) | Lt. I.R. Griffiths, RN | |
| 00.12.1941-20.07.1942 | T/Lt. D.P. James, RNVR | |
| 20.07.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. J. Collins, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 07.04.1941-(12.1941) | S.Lt. J.A. Cowley, RNVR |
| 00.12.1941-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. P.W.T. Warren, RNVR | |
| 00.03.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. T.E.B. Mills, RNVR |
| MGB 63 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 01.04.1941-(12.1941) | T/Lt. G.E. Bailey, RNVR |
| 09.02.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. G.P. Boissard, RANVR | |
| 00.03.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.R. Meagher, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 01.04.1941-(12.1941) | T/A/S.Lt. D.P. James, RNVR |
| 00.03.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. J.F. Kerr, RNVR | |
| 28.09.1942-30.07.1943 | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. R.F. Jackson, RNVR |
| MGB 64 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 12.03.1941-(12.1941) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hichens, RNVR [and as Senior Officer, 6th MGB Flotilla] |
| 27.04.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. E.C. Glennie, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 10.10.1941-(12.1941) | T/A/S.Lt. F.J. Head, RNVR |
| 27.04.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. C. Forder, RNVR | |
| 27.10.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.R. Smail, RNVR |
| MGB
65 ex-MASB 65 |
BPB
type. Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe). Seized: 03.07.1940. Completed: 04.03.1941. |
Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. CT 28 (1944). |
| Commanding Officer | 27.03.1941-(12.1941) | T/Lt. A.A. Gotelee, RNVR |
| 08.06.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. L.E. Yock, RANVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 27.03.1941-(12.1941) | T/A/S.Lt. G.F. Duncan, RCNVR |
| 08.06.1942-(02.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. D.A. Hall, RNVR | |
| 12.05.1943-(06.1943) | T/Mdish. B. Roberts, RNVR |
| MGB 66 | ||
| Commanding Officer | (01.1942) | Lt. Driver, RNVR |
| 22.02.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. G.P. boissard, RANVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 06.01.1942-30.06.1942 | T/S.Lt. D. Gray, RNVR |
| 31.05.1943-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. F.B. Stitt, RNVR |
| MGB 67 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 10.10.1941-(12.1941) | T/Lt. L.G.R. Campbell, RNVR |
| 13.04.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. R.T. Sykes, RNVR | |
| (07.1942) | Lt. G.E. Bailey, RNVR | |
| 10.12.1942-(06.1943) | T/Lt. J. Colvill, RNVR | |
| 14.06.1943-(08.1943) | Lt. H.A.J. Hollings [and as Senior Officer, 6th MGB Flotilla] | |
| First Lieutenant | 13.10.1941-(12.1941) | T/S.Lt. J. Harrison, RANVR |
| 29.06.1942-(08.1942) | T/S.Lt. J.B. Horwood, RNVR | |
| 08.11.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. J.B. Horwood, RNVR |
| MGB 74 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis], from 1943? 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 16.03.1942-00.12.1942 ? | T/S.Lt. J.W. Lambert, RNVR ? |
| 00.12.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. R.T. Sykes, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 21.09.1942-(02.1943) ? | T/S.Lt. B.L. Bazeley, RNVR ? |
| 15.08.1942-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.F. Ashby, RNVR |
| MGB 75 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 15.10.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. L.G.R. Campbell, RNVR |
| 19.04.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. F.J. Head, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 08.01.1943-25.01.1943 | T/S.Lt. E. Archer, RNVR |
| 25.01.1943-(06.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. C.E. Gough, RNVR |
| MGB 76 | BPB
type. Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe). Ordered: 26.11.1940. Completed: 14.05.1942. |
Lost by gunfire from German Schnellboot, North Sea (06.10.1942). |
| Commanding Officer | (09.1942) | T/Lt. L.G.R. Campbell, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| MGB 77 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 12.03.1941-(02.1943) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hichens, RNVR & as Senior Officer, 6th MTB Flotilla |
| 04.05.1943-(06.1943) | Lt. F.N. Stephenson, RN & as Senior Officer, 6th MTB Flotilla | |
| First Lieutenant | 00.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. F.J. Head, RNVR |
| 19.04.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.F. Holder, RNVR |
| MGB 80 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 15.08.1942-(06.1943) | T/Lt. J.F. Mallitte, RNZNVR |
| MGB 82 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 06.04.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. M.V. Rout, RNZNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 28.06.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. E.H.R. Womersley, RNVR |
| MGB 83 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 09.02.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. J.R.F. Best, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 18.05.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.C. King, SANFV |
| 19.04.1943-(06.1943) | T/Midsh. J.D. Smith, RNVR |
| MGB 85 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 10.07.1942-(10.1943) | T/Lt. J.A.C. Findlay, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 30.06.1942-27.06.1943 | T/S.Lt. D. Gray, RNVR |
| 28.06.1943-(10.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. H.S. Turner, RNVR |
| MGB
86 ex-STC.5 |
Elco type. Builder: ELCO (New London). Acquired: 04.04.1941. Completed: 17.02.1941. |
Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. Returned USN 21.07.1945. |
| Commanding Officer | 15.06.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. E.E.J. Whife, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 04.10.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. P.A. Baldwin, RCNVR |
| MGB 87 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | (03.1942) | T/Lt. S.B. Bennett, RNVR |
| 14.03.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. D. Currie, RNVR | |
| 12.07.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. P.G. Wrate, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 28.12.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.A. Podd, RNVR |
| 12.07.1943-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. J.D. Pigott, RNVR |
| MGB 88 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 22.03.1943-27.06.1943 | Lt. A.N. MacPherson, RN |
| 28.06.1943-23.01.1944 | T/S.Lt. D. Gray, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 13.04.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. C.E.T. Jensen, RNVR |
| 28.06.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. T.D. Smith, RNVR |
| MGB 89 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 28.05.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. F.N. Thomson, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 08.02.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.M. Paver, RNVR |
| MGB 91 | Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. | |
| Commanding Officer | (03.1942) | T/S.Lt. J.R.F. Best, RNVR |
| 15.09.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. E.D.W. Leaf, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 23.11.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. E.W.A. Bostock, RNVR |
| MGB 100 ex-RB.6 |
Higgins
type. Builder: Higgins (New Orleans). Acquired: 30.11.1940. Completed: 28.06.1941. |
For sale (06.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 08.02.1943-(06.1944) | T/Lt. P. Garnier, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 10.10.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. P.A.G.B. Baldwin, RCNVR |
| MGB 112 | Served in 6th MGB Flotilla [HMS Beehive]. | |
| Commanding Officer | 19.04.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. C.C.P. Broadhurst, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 03.05.1943-(06.1943) | T/S.Lt. V.H. Harris, RNVR |
| MGB 114 | Served in 9th MGB Flotilla. Dutch. Taken on service 29.12.1942 at Hythe [replacement for MGB 46]. Based at Ramsgate 28.01.1943-01.02.1944. Patrols & enemy engagements (14.02, 12.03, 10.04, 15.04, 08.06, 24/25.09, 30.09.1943). A/S rescue 28.04.1943. Renamed MTB 433 01.02.1944. | |
| Commanding Officer | Commanding officers | |
| First Lieutenant | (03.1943)-01.02.1944 | S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) F.W. Lambrechtsen, RNethN Res |
| Spare Officer | 23.10.1943-01.02.1944 | S.Lt. A.W. van der Star, RNethN |
| MGB 118 | ||
| Commanding Officer | (05.1943) | T/Lt. R.M. Barge, RNVR |
| 06.06.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. M.O.F. Forsyth-Grant, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 31.05.1943-(08.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. I.B. Galbraith, RNVR |
| MGB 312 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 16.06.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 01.06.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.R.H. Nye, RNVR & as Senior Officer, 14th MBG Flotiila, from 10/11?.1943 1st Coastal Forces Flotilla |
| 06.02.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.H. Coste, RNVR & as Senior Officer, 17th MGB Flotilla | |
| First Lieutenant | 04.09.1942-(10.1943) | T/Lt. N.A. Breeze, RNVR |
| 11.10.1943-(04.1944) | T/Lt. A.MacD. Watson, RNVR | |
| 10.04.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.C. Law, RNVR | |
| Third Officer | 10.1943-(01.1945) | T/S.Lt. C. Humphreys, RNVR |
| MGB 313 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: J. Miller (St Monance). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 12.06.1941. |
Mined off Normandy beaches (16.08.1944). |
| Commanding Officer | 19.07.1943-(04.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W. Truman, RNVR & as Senior Officer, 12th MGB Flotilla |
| 16.05.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. F.E. Walton, RNVR | |
| 10.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. A.C. Lewis, RANVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 17.07.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. B. Blake, RNZNVR |
| 06.12.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. N.G.H. Bell, RNVR |
| MGB 314 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: A.M. Dickie (Bangor). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 26.06.1941. |
Hit by gunfire from German shore batteries St Nazaire (28.03.1942) & scuttled. |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| MGB 315 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: A. Robertson (Sandbank)). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 10.07.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 18.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.A. Caulfield, RNVR |
| 06.12.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. C.O. Abbott, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 22.02.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. B.A. Shearman, RNVR |
| 14.03.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. D.C. Bainbridge, RNVR |
| MGB 316 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Tough (Teddinggton). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 19.05.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 15.10.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.N. Wise, RNVR |
| 28.02.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. G.D.A. Price, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 29.10.1942-(04.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.C. Law, RNVR |
| 10.04.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. C. Humphry, RNVR |
| MGB 317 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: A. Robertson (Sandbank). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 03.09.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 18.08.1941-(10.1943) | T/Lt. J.H. Coste, RNVR |
| 11.10.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. N.A. Breeze, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 31.05.1943-(10.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.M. Watson, RNVR |
| 11.10.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. R.G. Clode, RNVR |
| MGB 318 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Aldous (Brightlingsea). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 06.07.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 22.07.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. J.T. McQuoid-Mason, SANF(V) |
| 01.12.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. A. Smith, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 26.01.1943-(04.1944) | T/S.Lt. M.J. Pollard, RNVR |
| 10.04.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.H. Bell, RNVR | |
| 05.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. T.P.V. Lawler, RNVR |
| MGB 319 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Brooke Marine (Lowestoft). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 04.09.1941. |
For sale (01.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 00.01.1943-(04.1944) | T/Lt. J.A. May, RNVR |
| 10.04.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. N.W. Cook, RNZNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 19.07.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.H. Hebdon, RNVR |
| 14.03.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. H.W.H. Bowen, RNVR |
| MGB 320 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: W. Osborne (LIttlehampton). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 23.08.1941. |
Mercantile "Swansong" (1946), "Venture" (19??), "Pastorella" (19??), "Ballandra" (19??), houseboat "Xoron" (19??). |
| Commanding Officer | 10.05.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.C. Cain, RNVR |
| 22.02.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. M.W. Evans, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 04.06.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.B. Todd, RNVR |
| MGB 321 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 09.07.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 00.07.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. M.L. Hirst, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 07.07.1943-(10.1943) | T/S.Lt. P.St.C. Assinder, RNVR |
| 00.11.1943-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. R.E. Skinner, RNVR |
| MGB 322 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: A.M. Dickie (Bangor). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 29.07.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 15.02.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. A.S. McKettrick, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 01.03.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. S.W. Camp, RNVR |
| MGB 323 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Kris Cruisers (Isleworth). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 11.07.1941. |
Expended trials (02.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 00.10.1943-(10.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.G.E. Probert, RNVR & as Senior Officer, 16th MGB Flotilla |
| First Lieutenant | 08.04.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.M. Calder, RNVR |
| MGB 324 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 04.09.1941. |
Houseboat "Bellands" (19??). |
| Commanding Officer | 03.10.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. A.R. Birrell, RNVR |
| 27.08.1943-(10.1943) | T/Lt. N. Gough, RNVR | |
| 08.11.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. A.R. Birrell, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 01.03.1943-(10.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.B.A. Lundholm, RNVR |
| 00.10.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. D.N.A. Hancock, RNVR |
| MGB 325 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: F. Curtis (Looe). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 09.09.1941. |
For sale (03.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 21.10.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. J.A.H. Whitby, RNVR |
| 01.09.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. K.E. Haines, RNVR | |
| 13.03.1944-(04.1944) | T/Lt. F.E. Walton, RNVR | |
| 01.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. A.C. Shearer, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 11.01.1943-(04.1944) | T/S.Lt. P. Yate, RNVR |
| 24.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. H.G. Mackrill, RNVR |
| MGB 326 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 18.08.1941. |
Mined off Normandy beaches (28.06.1944). |
| Commanding Officer | 11.04.1943-(06.1944) | T/Lt. W.J. Kempner, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 19.04.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. P. Crichton, RNVR |
| MGB 327 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Risdon Beazley (Northam). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 22.08.1941. |
Served in 12th MGB Flotilla (Yarmouth). For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 14.06.1943-(12?.)1943 | T/Lt. J.R. Fulton, RNVR [T/Lt. P.C. Wilkinson, RNVR awarded MID aboard MGB 327 on 24.10.1943] |
| 15.11.1943-11.09.1944 | T/Lt. P.S. Robinson, RNVR | |
| 11.09.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. M.G.M. Smith, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 06.05.1943-16.05.1944 | T/S.Lt. D. Clark, RNVR |
| 16.05.1944-09.06.1944 | T/Lt. L.I. Macbeth, RNVR | |
| 09.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. B.D. Price, RNVR |
| MGB 328 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Lady Bee (Southwick). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 13.10.1941. |
Lost by gunfire from German surface craft Dover Strait (21.07.1942). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| MGB 329 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Aldous (Brightlingsea). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 25.09.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 06.04.1942-(06.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.H.W. Andrew, RNVR & as Senior Officer, 14th MGB Flotilla |
| 20.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. F.L. Hewitt, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 24.09.1942-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.A. Cawson, RNVR |
| 10.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. D.G. Middleton, RNVR |
| MGB 330 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Tough (Teddington). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 25.07.1941. |
Expended trials (1948). |
| Commanding Officer | 21.10.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. G.D.A. Price, RNVR |
| 10.04.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. A.M. Watson, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 31.05.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.S. Franklin, RNVR |
| 10.04.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.S. Franklin, RNVR | |
| 13.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. N.W.C. Maynard, RNVR |
| MGB 331 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Tough (Teddington). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 13.08.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 20.02.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. N.W. Harton, RNZNVR |
| 02.11.1943-(06.1944) | T/Lt. B. Blake, RNZNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 10.06.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. T.P.V. Lawler, RNVR |
| MGB 332 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 08.10.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 16.02.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. W.A. McCallum, RNVR |
| 14.03.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. P.L.K. Wait, RNVR | |
| 10.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. J.W. Patterson, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 11.10.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. W.H. Davidson, RNVR |
| 10.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. S.R. Stephens, RNVR |
| MGB 333 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 16.10.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 05.05.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. P.L. Stobo, RNVR |
| 21.12.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. A. Yates, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 12.07.1943-(10.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.G. Dalziel, RNVR |
| 01.10.1943-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. P.D. Cross, RNVR |
| MGB 334 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: A.M. Dickie (Bangor). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 09.10.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 19.07.1943-(06.1944) | T/Lt. L.C. Rodaway, RNVR |
| 10.07.1944-(10.1944() | T/Lt. D. Turnell, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 08.12.1942-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. S.D. Welch, RNVR |
| 19.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. D.A. Heyhoe, RNVR |
| MGB 335 | Fairmile
C type. Builder: A.M. Dickie (Bangor). Ordered: 27.08.1940. Completed: 30.10.1941. |
Lost by gunfire from German surface craft North Sea (10.09.1942). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| MGB
606 |
Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: Wallasea Bay Yacht. Ordered: 15.03.1941. Completed: 07.07.1942. |
MGB 606 (1942), MTB 606 (1943). Lost by gunfire of German surface craft off Dutch coast (04.11.1943). |
| Commanding Officer | 19.07.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. D.G. Dowling, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 12.07.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. F.L. Hewitt, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 09.06.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. T.F. Ronayne, RNVR |
| MGB 610 | Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 15.03.1941. Completed: 30.06.1942. |
Based at HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishement, Fort William) ([08.1942] - [06.1943]). MTB 610 ([11?].1943). SCC Boscawen (Falmouth, 1946). SCC (Weymouth, 1950). For sale (01.1964). |
| Commanding Officer | 27.04.1942-01.03.1943 | T/Lt. D.G.E. Probert, RNVR |
| 01.03.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. R.W. Ollis, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 01.06.1942-03.08.1942 | T/S.Lt. A. Kekewich, RNVR |
| 03.08.1942-01.03.1943 | T/Lt. J.C. Cain, RNVR | |
| 01.03.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. H. Halford, RNVR | |
| Spare Officer | 03.08.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. A. Kekewich, RNVR |
| MGB 614 | Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 27.04.1941. Completed: 06.08.1942. |
MTB 614 (09.1943). For sale (11.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 07.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. E.A. Honer, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 15.05.1943-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. P.M. Lowndes, RNVR |
| MGB 617 | Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: W. Osborne (Littlehampton) Ordered: 27.04.1941. Completed: 08.10.1942. |
MTB 617 (1942). Sea Scouts (1946). Sold (07.07.1953). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| MGB 622 | Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: Brooke Marine (Lowestoft). Ordered: 27.04.1941. Completed: 10.11.1942. |
MTB 622 (1943). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| MGB 657 | Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 18.11.1941. Completed: 09.02.1943. |
Served UK & Mediterranean. Mined off Rimini (12.09.1944) & written-off as a constructive total loss. |
| Commanding Officer | 21.12.1942-12.09.1944 | T/Lt. J.D. Maitland, RCNVR [and as Senior Officer, 56th MGB Flotilla] |
| First Lieutenant | 23.02.1944-12.09.1944 | T/S.Lt. N.McL. Mills, RNVR |
| 28.12.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.S. Rendell, RCNVR | |
| Spare Officer | 02.01.1944-31.05.1944 | T/A/S.Lt. T.L.M. Walker-Munro, RNVR |
| 31.05.1944-12.09.1944 | T/S.Lt. L.F. Battle, RNVR |
| MGB 659 | Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: Boat Construction (Falmouth). Ordered: 18.11.1941. Completed: 05.1943. |
Although shown at HMS St Christopher (06.1943), never actually based there. Sea trials at Torbay, then Mediterranean. Foundered en route Malta/Alexandria (30.01.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 23.07.1943-07.09.1943 | T/Lt. E.F. Smyth, RNVR |
| 08.09.1943-19.01.1944 | T/Lt. K.E.A. Bayley, RNVR | |
| 20.01.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. P.D. Barlow, RNVR | |
| 03.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. W.J. Callow, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 19.07.1943-22.09.1943 | T/S.Lt. D.G. West, RNVR |
| 23.09.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. D.G.T. Hill, RNVR | |
| 12.02.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. A.H. Marriott, RNVR | |
| Spare Officer | 05.04.1943-(08.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. H.E.O. Regout, RNVR |
| 08.10.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. R.J. Mudd, RNVR | |
| 06.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. F. Palmer, RNVR |
| MGB 662 | Fairmile
"D" type. Builder: Dorset Yacht (Hamworthy). Ordered: 18.11.1941. Completed: 08.04.1943. |
For sale (02.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 04.07.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt.Cdr. T.J. Bligh, RNVR (and as Senior Officer, 57th MGB Flotilla) |
| First Lieutenant | 28.05.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. W.R. Darracott, RNVR |
| 02.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. S.J. Turner, RNVR | |
| Spare Officer | 27.04.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.V. Surtees, RNVR |
| 08.01.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.B. Hinchliffe, RNVR |
Steam Gunboats (SGBs)
| 1st SGB Flotilla | Consisted of: SGB 3, SGB 4, SGB 5, SGB 6, SGB 7, SGB 8, SGB 9. Operated from HMS Aggressive (Newhaven). | |
| Senior Officer | 1943- | T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR |
| Engineering Officer | 01.01.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. (E) H.J. Grout, RN |
| Electrical Officer | 29.03.1943-(08.1943) | T/Electr.Lt. E.T.A. Webb, RNVR |
* Names with the prefix "Grey" were given in 1943.
| SGB 1 | Denny
type. Builder: Thormycroft (Woolston). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Cancelled. |
| SGB 2 | Denny
type. Builder: Thormycroft (Woolston). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Cancelled. |
| SGB 3 (Grey Seal) * | Denny
type. Builder: Yarrow (Scotstoun). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Laid down: 24.01.1941. Launched: 29.08.1941. Completed: 21.02.1942. |
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). For sale (20.08.1949). |
| Commanding Officer | 04.01.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. J.S. Southcott, RNVR |
| 09.1943 (temp.) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 13.01.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. M.A. Barrett, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 09.11.1942-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. N.K. Kaufmann, RNVR |
| SGB 4 (Grey Fox) * | Denny
type. Builder: Yarrow (Scotstoun). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Laid down: 24.01.1941. Launched: 25.09.1941. Completed: 15.03.1942. |
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). For sale (10.1947). |
| Commanding Officer | (07.1942) | Lt. J.D. Ritchie, RN |
| (08.1942) | Lt. R.R.W. Ashby, RNVR | |
| T/Lt. P.E. Mason, RNVR | ||
| 28.12.1942-(02.1943) | Lt. K.M. Cutler, RNR | |
| 17.03.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. T.W. Boyd, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | (07.1942) | S.Lt. J.C. Erskine-Hill, RNVR |
| 03.05.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. T.J. Scott, RNVR |
| SGB 5 (Grey Owl) * | Denny
type. Builder: Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Laid down: 17.04.1941. Launched: 27.08.1941. Completed: 01.04.1942. |
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). Sold to British Iron & Steel and scrapped (15.12.1949). |
| Commanding Officer ? | 10.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. R.B.F. Hawkey, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant ? | 18.01.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. R.M. Hall, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 16.11.1942-(08.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. H.W. Sutton, RNVR |
| SGB 6 (Grey Shark) * | Denny
type. Builder: Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Laid down: 28.03.1941. Launched: 17.11.1941. Completed: 30.04.1942. |
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). Sold (13.10.1947). Houseboat (1949). |
| Commanding Officer | 30.04.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. H.O.T. Bradford, RNVR |
| 04.1943 (temp.) | T/Lt. P.M. Scott, RNVR | |
| 07.1943 (temp.) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant ? | 01.1942-(02.1943) | T/Lt. H.G. Bown, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 09.11.1942-(02.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.M. Harris, RNVR |
| SGB 7 | Denny
type. Builder: Denny (Dumbarton). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Laid down: 03.02.1941. Launched: 25.09.1941. Completed: 11.03.1942. |
Lost through gunfire from German surface vessels in the Seine Bay (19.06.1942). |
| Commanding Officer | ?-19.06.1942 | T/Lt. R.L. Barnet, RN (French officer) |
| First Lieutenant | ?-19.06.1942 | T/Lt. W.J.A. Weir, RNVR |
| SGB 8 (Grey Wolf) * | Denny
type. Builder: Denny (Dumbarton). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Laid down: 03.02.1941. Launched: 03.11.1941. Completed: 17.04.1942. |
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). Sold (03.02.1948). |
| Commanding Officer | (07.1942) | T/Lt. I.R. Griffiths, RN |
| First Lieutenant | (07.1942) | T/Lt. W.O.J. Bate, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant ? | 08.02.1943-(08.1943) | T/Lt. R. Langridge, RNVR |
| Third Officer ? | 16.11.1942-(08.1943) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. D. Day, RNVR |
| SGB 9 (Grey Goose) * | Denny
type. Builder: Denny (Dumbarton). Ordered: 08.11.1940. Laid down: 23.01.1941. Launched: 14.02.1942. Completed: 04.07.1942. |
HMS Agressive (1943). Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). Trials vessel (1952/1956). Mercantile repair hulk (1958). Renamed Anserava (19??). |
| Commanding Officer | 13.03.1943-(08.1943) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR |
| 15.11.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. P.N. Hood, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 06.02.1943-28.07.1943 | T/Lt. J.B. Henderson, RNVR |
| 28.07.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. C.B.R. Osborne, RNVR | |
| Third Officer | 03.02.1943-30.08.1943 | T/A/S.Lt. J.R.B. Williams-Ellis, RNVR |
| 30.08.1943-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. R.C. Hamborg, RNVR | |
| ? | 26.08.1943-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. P.D.E. Smith, RNVR |
| ? | 04.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. M.J. Stokes, RANR |
| ? | 21.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. H.A. Morrison, RNZNVR |
Motor Launches (MLs)
| 11th ML Flotilla | ||
| (1941) | Lt. W. Whitfield, RNR |
| ML 100 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 27.07.1939. Completed: 19.05.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [51st ML Flotilla (HMS Beehive, Felixstowe)]. Sold (10.1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 23.10.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. F.E.R. Merritt, RNZNVR |
| 07.02.1944-(04.1944) | T/Lt. G.A. Wright, RCNVR | |
| 02.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. J.E. Branch, RNVR | |
| 26.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. E.C. Mercer, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 28.03.1943-(04.1944) | T/S.Lt. M.K. Smellie, RNVR |
| 01.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. A.B. Groves, RNVR | |
| 26.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. A.F. Moseley, RNVR |
| ML 101 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 28.05.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [50th ML Flotilla (HMS Wasp, Dover)]. Mercantile "Firebird" (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 15.08.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. A.G. Harrison, RNVR |
| 12.07.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. W.S. Anderson, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 17.05.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. J. Catt, RNVR |
| 26.04.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. H.I. Foster, RNVR |
| ML 102 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 15.06.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [50th ML Flotilla (HMS Wasp, Dover)]. Mercantile "Carlyle" (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 18.05.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. P.L. Fell, RNVR |
| ?-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. J.A. Johnson, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 07.12.1942)-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.A. Johnson, RNVR |
| 06.08.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. P.S. Morrish, RNVR |
| ML 103 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: Brooke Marine (Oulton Broad). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 28.06.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [50th ML Flotilla (HMS Wasp, Dover)]. Sunk off Dover (24.08.1942). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ML 104 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: A.M. Dickie (Bangor). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 28.06.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [50th ML Flotilla (HMS Wasp, Dover)]. Sold (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 27.11.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt.Cdr. T.A. Ashdown, RNR [and as Senior Officer, 50th ML Flotilla] |
| First Lieutenant | 06.03.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.L. Proctor, RNVR |
| 21.11.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. M.K. Smith, RNVR |
| ML 105 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: F. Curtis (Looe). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 08.07.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [51st ML Flotilla (HMS Beehive, Felixstowe)]. Sold (05.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 18.08.1941-(10.1943) | T/Lt. J.C.B. Kitson, RNVR |
| 11.10.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. R.G. Andrews, RNVR | |
| 17.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. G.B. Elliott, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 03.05.1943-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. B.K. Esmond-Evans, RNVR |
| 02.08.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. L.T. Cleaver, RNVR | |
| ?-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.D.L. Laffan, RNVR [date of appointment given as: 28.09.1943] | |
| 17.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. W.R. Axten, RNVR |
| ML 106 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: A. Robertson (Sandbank). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 05.07.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [51st ML Flotilla (HMS Beehive, Felixstowe)]. Out of action following an accident 11.1943-06.1944. Sold (01.1947). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Cambridge, RNVR |
| 15.03.1943-11.1943 | T/Lt. W.C. Drake, RNZNVR | |
| 01.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. W.C. Drake, RNZNVR | |
| 17.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. J.E. Branch, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 15.03.1943-(10.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.D. Slade, RNVR |
| (11.1943 ?) | T/S.Lt. G.E.A. Barham, RNVR ? | |
| 01.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. A.C. Shaw, RNZNVR | |
| 05.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. D. Rawlins, RNVR | |
| Third Officer | 17.04.1945-(04.1946) | T/S.Lt. P.G. Jenkins, RNVR |
| ML 107 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: Sussex Shipbuilding (Shoreham). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 30.06.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Withdrawn in 1941 due to hull problems and given to Naval Intellegence and SOE for running agents into France. She was based on the Helford River, near Dover. Sold (08.1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 24.05.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. H.R. Boyd, RNVR |
| 08.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. R.G. Bell, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 13.06.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.E. Andrews, RNVR |
| ML 108 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: J.N. Miller (St Momamce). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 04.07.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [50th ML Flotilla (HMS Wasp, Dover)]. Mined English Channel (05.09.1943). |
| Commanding Officer | 21.05.1942-05.09.1943 | T/Lt. D.A. Jefferis, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 25.01.1943-05.09.1943 | T/S.Lt. H.W. Fordham, RNVR |
| ML 109 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Mined off the Humber River (30.10.1940). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ML 110 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: Aldous (Brightlingsea). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 24.07.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Converted to minelaying in late 1941 or early 1942 [51st ML Flotilla (HMS Beehive, Felixstowe)]. Sold (08.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | (1941)-(1941) | T/Lt. R.A. Lochner, RNVR |
| 04.07.1942-(08.1943) | T/Lt. W.B. Watson, RNVR | |
| 29.10.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.C. Drake, RNZNVR | |
| 18.03.1944-(04.1944) | T/Lt. W.C. Drake, RNZNVR | |
| 01.06.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. M.K. Smellie, RNVR | |
| 17.04.1945-(07.1945) | Lt. C.W. Wallach, RANVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 24.03.1941-1941 | T/Lt. G.M. Hobday, RNVR |
| 02.06.1942-(08.1943) | T/S.Lt. N.R. Swanson, SANF(V) | |
| 25.10.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.R. Hemm, RNVR | |
| 18.03.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.R. Hemm, RNVR |
| ML 111 | Fairmile
"A" Class. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 27.07.1940. |
Based at HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) (1940/41). A/S coastal escort working out of Grimsby. Mined off the Humber River (25.11.1940). |
| Commanding Officer | ? | ? |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ML 112 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Woodnut (Bembridge). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 22.09.1940. |
(1941) HMS St Christopher. Sold (27.02.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 02.02.1942-(10.1944) | T/Lt.Cdr. H.R. Ferdinando, RNVR |
| 24.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. A.R. Yuille, RNVR [and as Senior Officer, 2nd ML Flotilla] | |
| First Lieutenant | 04.1941-06.1941 | T/Lt. G. Marcil, RCNVR |
| 21.08.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. T.F. Gibbs, RNVR |
| ML 113 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 17.01.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. R.F. Lynn, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 1942-1942 | T/S.Lt. P.W.J. Simcox, RNVR |
| 28.12.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. D.L. Hill, RNVR | |
| 19.12.1943-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. A.G. Sturrock, RNVR |
| ML 114 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Brooke Marine (Oulton Broad). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: 24.08.1940. |
(1941/42) HMS Hornet. For sale (1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 01.07.1941-09.1942 | T/Lt. G. Marcil, RCNVR |
| 10.11.1942-(10.)1944 | T/Lt. J.L. Honey, RANVR | |
| 09.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. J.H.F. Read, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | (1941?) | T/S.Lt. C.W. Hale, RNVR |
| (1942?) | T/S.Lt. R.F. Lynn, RNVR | |
| 26.12.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. H. Roskell, RNVR | |
| 23.02.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. G. Bradgate, RNVR |
| ML 115 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 29.121.941-(10.1944) | T/Lt. O.B. Dreiter, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 09.10.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. J.H. Brewin, RNVR |
| 10.09.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. A.L. Wilson, RNVR |
| ML 116 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
09.1940-06.1941 HMS Dolphin, 07.1941-03.1942 HMS Hornet, 03.1942-07.1942 HMS Dolphin, 08.1942-03.1943 HMS Aggressive, 04.1943-(06.1943) HMS Mantis. |
| Commanding Officer | 07.08.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. H.N. Albone, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 07.08.1943-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. P.R. Perrott, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 08.05.1944-(01.1945) | T/Midsh. E.F. Harden, RNVR |
| ML 117 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 08.08.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. R.R. Macdonald, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 01.05.1944-(10.1944) | T/Midsh. L.J. Green, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 119 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 09.07.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. O.S. Broome, RNVR |
| 06.12.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. A. Wallace, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant ? | 05.07.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.M. Rowland, RNVR |
| 09.03.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. (A) A.B. Allen, RNVR |
| ML 120 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 05.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. F.V. Reid, RNZNVR |
| 06.03.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. A.E. Lee, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ? | ? |
| ML 121 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 25.03.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. R.G. Bell, RNVR |
| 12.01.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. E.J. Bower, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant ? | 06.02.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. R.E. Horncastle, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 122 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 05.04.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. H.M. Coghlan, RNVR |
| ? | 01.05.1944-(10.1944) | T/Lt. L.E. Maughan, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant ? | 15.05.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. R.G. Wallis, RNVR |
| ? | 02.05.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. V.T. Hurley, RNVR |
| ML 123 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 07.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. D.H. Mason, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 09.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. D. Clegg, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 124 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 22.09.1939. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 15.06.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. I.H.G. Thomson, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant ? | 25.09.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. D. Gearing, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 126 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 20.10.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. C.H. Pearse, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 25.03.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. P. Andrews, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 131 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 01.02.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.S. Fullerton, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 11.10.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. D.C. Grainer, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 133 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 24.12.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. D.A.E. Crispin, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant ? | 16.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. P.St.C. Assinder, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 134 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 06.02.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. P. de L. Butcher, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ? | ? |
| ML 135 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 06.02.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.R. Peal, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 13.02.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. T.C. Ivens, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 136 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 23.11.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. H.P. Ford, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 05.07.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. R.L. Smith, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 137 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer ? | 15.09.1941-(12.1943) | T/Lt. L.J. Hutchins, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant ? | 08.11.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. P.G. McDowell, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 138 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Aldous (Brightlingsea). Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: 19.11.1940. |
Royal Netherlands Navy (1945/53). Sold. |
| Commanding Officer | 04.01.1943-(10.1944) | T/Lt. R.H. White, RNVR |
| 07.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. A.F.M. Corringham, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 11.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.D. de Lange, RNVR |
| 31.01.1944-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. F.M. Hartwell, RNVR | |
| (> 10.1944)-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. D.P. Scarle, RNVR | |
| Third Hand | 08.05.1944-(10.1944) | T/Midsh. D.P. Scarle, RNVR |
| ML 139 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 20.03.1941-(12.1943) | T/Lt.Cdr. A.R.S. Hodgson, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 13.04.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.B. Foxlee, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 140 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 28.08.1941-(12.1943) | T/Lt. F.R. Collier, SANF(V) |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 03.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.W. Mordin, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 141 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 18.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. A.E. Barnard, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 20.07.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. K.C. Scott, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 142 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 24.08.1941-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.Y. Ferguson, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 14.03.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.J. Sanderson, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 143 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 20.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. A.B. McArthur, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 18.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. D. Stirling, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 145 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 23.11.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. P. Johnstone, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 22.02.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. J.M. Betty, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 146 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 01.11.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. K.D. Gerard, RNZNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 21.06.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.D. Rouse, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 147 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 01.06.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. A.McI. Ward, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ? | ? |
| ML 148 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 25.07.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.D.S. Hearder, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 22.08.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. R.L. Hart, RANR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 149 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 23.02.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. W.H. Mitchell, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 15.09.143-(12.1943) | T/Midsh. D.C. Lefever, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 151 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 02.06.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. C. Beever, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 21.09.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. W.S. Cannell, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 152 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 03.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. S. Stewart, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 01.03.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. F.H. Lovergrove, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 154 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 13.09.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. P.L. Stobo, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | ? | T/S.Lt. F.A. Harrison, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 155 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | ? | T/Lt. J.F.C. Wheeler, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ? | ? |
| ML 157 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 13.08.1942-(07.1945) | T/Lt. T.B. Gwenlan, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 26.11.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. W.H. Forsythe, RNVR |
| ML 158 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 22.03.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. P.B.B. Scott, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 27.06.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. K.J. Hodges, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 159 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 30.10.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. B.D. Gerrans, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | 25.10.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/S.Lt. M.G.M. Van der Driessche, RNVR |
| ? | ? |
| ML 161 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: ?. Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: ?. |
? |
| Commanding Officer | 22.08.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.B. Allen, RNVR |
| ? | ? | |
| First Lieutenant | ? | ? |
| ? | ? |
| ML 162 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: A.M. Dickie (Bangor). Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: 03.12.1940. |
Served Royal Netherlands Navy (1944-1946). Sold (09.1946). In 2005 still afloat making Norfolk Broads cruises as the "Golden Galleon", working out of Great Yarmouth. |
| Commanding Officer | 10.05.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J. Thorn, RNVR |
| 09.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. J.A. Tait, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 27.09.1943-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. J. Hendeles, RNVR |
| 29.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. G.G.W. Moorey, RNVR |
| ML 183 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: A.M. Dickie (Bangor). Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: 10.02.1941. |
Lost at a collision at the East Pear of Dieppe (11.02.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 04.11.1941-(10.1944) | T/Lt. A.J. Wright, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 16.11.1942-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. B.J. Marshall, RNVR |
| ML 214 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Kris Cruisers (Isleworth). Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: 10.03.1941. |
Sold Singapore (11.06.1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 17.06.1943-(06.1944) | T/Lt. H.E. Riddle, RNVR |
| 13.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. B.H. Taylor, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 07.1943-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. A.B. Gray, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 09.03.1944-(04.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. (A) E.G. Jonas, RNVR |
| 05.04.1944-(06.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. (A) W. Stradling, RNVR | |
| 27.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. G.H.R. Morrish, RNVR |
| ML 215 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Cardnell (Marylandsea). Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: 07.05.1941. |
Sold (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 26.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. W.S. Slate, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | (10.1944)-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. H.W. Reynolds, RNVR |
| ML 232 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: J.A. Silver (Rosneath). Ordered: 08.01.1940. Completed: 04.1941. |
Renamed RHN Domakos (1945). Scrapped (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 23.10.1942-(06.1944) | T/Lt. J.D. Barron, RNVR |
| 14.03.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. E.M. Stoney, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 28.12.1942-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.F. Gutteridge, RNVR |
| 14.01.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. B.C. Pratt, RNVR |
| ML 250 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: F. Curtis (Par) Ordered: 21.05.1940. Completed: 11.07.1941. |
Renamed ML 2250 (19??). Sold (1962). |
| Commanding Officer | 03.02.1942-(08.1943) | T/A/Lt. H. Eaton, RNVR |
| 03.08.1943-(12.1943) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.E. Hawkes, RNVR (& as Senior Officer, 19th ML Flotilla) | |
| 29.12.1943-(10.1944) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.D.S. Hearder, RNVR (& as Senior Officer, 19th ML Flotilla) | |
| 06.11.1944-(01.1945) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.E. Harrison, RNVR (& as Senior Officer, 20th ML Flotilla) | |
| 05.02.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. C. Hamer, RNVR (& as Senior Officer, 20th ML Flotilla) | |
| 01.10.1945-(10.1945) | T/Lt. F.G. Fuller, DSC, RNVR (& as Senior Officer, 20th ML Flotilla) | |
| First Lieutenant | 14.03.1943-(04.1944) | T/Lt. R.A. Goodman, RNVR |
| (06.1944)-03.1946 | T/S.Lt. D.G. Jones, RNVR | |
| 14.03.1946-(04.1946) | T/S.Lt. R.L. Roberts, RNVR | |
| Third Officer | 01.05.1944-14.03.1946 | T/S.Lt. R.L. Roberts, RNVR |
| 14.03.1946-(04.1946) | T/A/S.Lt. D.K. Osborne, RNVR |
| ML 257 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: F. Curtis (Looe). Ordered: 21.05.1940. Completed: 08.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 07.06.1943-(07.1945) | T/Lt. G.W. Lambert, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 28.12.1942-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.L. Stewart, RNVR |
| 12.12.1943-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. D.C. Morison, RNVR | |
| Third Officer | 01.05.1944-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. I.R. Macdonald, RNVR |
| ML 263 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: P.K. Harris (Appledore). Ordered: 21.05.1940. Completed: 10.06.1941. |
17th ML Flotilla. Assembled in Londonderry (07.1941), later made passage to Takoradi on the Gold Coast and he remained on station till March 1943. For sale Freetown (11.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 28.05.1941-11.1942 | T/Lt. K.J. Vaughan, RANVR |
| 19.02.1943-20.04.1944 | T/Lt. W.S. Anderson, RNVR | |
| 21.04.1944-29.09.1944 | T/S.Lt. J.D. Todd, RNVR | |
| 30.09.1944-25.11.1944 | T/Lt. C.R. Yates, RNVR | |
| 26.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. L.S.A. Jones, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 1941-1943 | T/S.Lt. P.C. Rendle, RNVR |
| 22.02.1943-10.03.1944 | T/S.Lt. A.R. Bennett, RNVR | |
| 11.03.1944-17.10.1944 | T/A/S.Lt. A.J. Linwood, RNVR | |
| 18.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. R. Manger, RNVR | |
| Third Officer | 00.09.1943-19.03.1944 | T/S.Lt. N.K. Hannon, RNZNVR |
| 20.03.1944-(01.1945) | T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. R.G. Lacey, RNVR | |
| 18.05.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. E.A.P. Deale, SANF(V) |
| ML 266 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: W. King (Burnham). Ordered: 21.05.1940. Completed: 19.05.1941. |
French Navy Ved.103 (1944?). |
| Commanding Officer | 08.01.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. D.R. Beverley, RCNVR |
| 07.02.1944-(06.1944) | T/Lt. D.G. Mitchell, RANVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 08.01.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. J. Kutcher, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 04.09.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. A.O. Barker, RNVR |
| ML 267 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Solent Shipyard (Sarisbury Green). Ordered: 21.05.1940. Completed: 25.07.1941. |
French Navy (1941). Lost by gunfire from German shore batteries at St Nazaire (28.03.1942). |
| Commanding Officer | (03.1942) | T/Lt. E.H. Beart, RNVR |
| ML 286 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: J.S. Doig (Grimsby). Ordered: 21.05.1940. Completed: 29.08.1941. |
For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 28.07.1941-(12.1943) | T/Lt. J.T.R. Ward, RNVR |
| (04.1944)-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. G.W. Haworth, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 03.08.1942-(12.1943) | T/S.Lt. G.W. Haworth, RNVR |
| 20.02.1944-(10.1944) | T/A/S.Lt. A.S. Crook, RNVR | |
| 15.11.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. J.M. Dexter, RNVR |
| ML 291 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: W. Osborne (Littlehampton). Ordered: 21.05.1940. Completed: 30.09.1941. |
Initially at HMS St Christopher. For sale (10.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 25.09.1941-01.06.1944 | T/Lt. J.B.C. Lumsden, RNVR |
| 01.06.1944-(07.1945) | T/Lt. D.J. Tucker, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | ...........-19.08.1942 | T/S.Lt. A.G. Flory, RNVR [killed in action at Dieppe; indicated as being in command] |
| 08.1943-(10.1944) | T/S.Lt. J.W. Weston, RNVR | |
| 30.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/A/S.Lt. J.S. Oldfield, RNVR |
| ML 349 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Thomas Cook (Cairo). Ordered: 21.08.1940. Completed: 02.06.1942. |
Italian Navy (07.01.1946). |
| Commanding Officer | 27.03.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Ball, RNVR |
| 27.12.1943-(06.1944) | T/Lt. P.D. Newman, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 17.05.1943-(03.1944) | T/S.Lt. A. Livesey, RNVR |
| 14.03.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. P.S. Chapman, RNVR |
| ML 380 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Louw & Halvorsen (Cape Town). Ordered: 21.08.1940. Completed: 09.1942. |
Royal Indian Navy. Sold (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 23.02.1945-(04.1946) | T/S.Lt. D.C. Kapoor, RINVR |
| First Lieutenant |
| ML 839 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: Anglo-American Nile Tourist (Cairo). Ordered: 18.05.1942. Completed: 25.05.1944. |
To Italian Navy (28.12.1945). |
| Commanding Officer | 12.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/Lt. J.E. Bruton, RNZNVR |
| First Lieutenant | 26.04.1945-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. E.R. Dodge, RNVR |
| ML 919 | Fairmile
"B" Class. Builder: J.N. Miller (St Monance). Ordered: 30-.08.1942. Completed: 09.10.1944. |
ML 2919 (1950). For sale (01.1953). |
| Commanding Officer | 18.09.1944-(10.)1944 | T/Lt. J.B. Lockett, SANF(V) |
| 30.10.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. L.W. Freeman, RNVR | |
| 08.03.1946-(04.1946) | T/Lt. B. Foxlee, RNVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 18.09.1944-(04.1946) | T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. A.M. Clark, RNVR |
| Third Officer | 26.05.1945-(04.1946) | T/A/S.Lt. P.O. Ledingham, RNVR |
Harbour Defence Motor Launches (HDMLs)
| ? Flotilla |
| HDML 1001 |
Builder: Lady Bee (Isleworth). Ordered: 17.01.1940. Completed: 02.06.1941. |
Became SML 1 (1945). Up for sale (1949). |
| Commanding Officer | 11.01.1941-(12.1943) | T/Lt. D.C. Waylen, RNVR |
| (06.1944)- 05.1945 (?) | T/Lt. R.T. Bailey, RNVR | |
| 05.1945-(07.1945) | Lt. R.K. Husband, RN (and as Assistant Surveyor, 2nd class) |
| HDML 1039 |
Builder: Morgan Giles (Teignmouth). Ordered: 14.02.1940. Completed: 26.11.1940. |
Captured by the German Army at Tobruk (20.06.1942). |
| Commanding Officer | ?-20.06.1942 | T/Lt. R. Morton, RNVR |
| First Lieutenant | ?-20.06.1942 | T/Lt. B.W.R. Thomas, RNVR |
| HDML 1079 |
Builder: H. McLean (Renfrew). Ordered: 02.09.1940. Completed: 06.04.1942. |
Royal Indian Navy (1943-1946). Sold (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | ||
| First Lieutenant |
| HDML 1084 |
Builder: M.W. Blackmore (Bideford). Ordered: 02.09.1940. Completed: 19.01.1942. |
Royal Indian Navy (1942-1946). Sold (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 13.07.1943-(12.1943) | T/Lt. H.H. Stewart, RINVR |
| 19.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. P.T. Jenkins, RINVR | |
| First Lieutenant |
| HDML 1267 |
Builder: H. Mohatta (Karachi). Ordered: 29.03.1942. Completed: 11.03.1944. |
Royal Indian Navy. 07.1945 serving as part of HDMLs 136th Flotilla. Sold (1947). |
| Commanding Officer | 19.01.1944-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. G.K. Parulekar, RINVR |
| (07.1945) | T/S.Lt. D.R. Grant, RINVR | |
| First Lieutenant | 03.12.1943-(06.1944) | T/S.Lt. D.N. Shivastava, RINVR |
| 07.12.1944-(07.1945) | T/S.Lt. D.A. Gee, RINVR | |
| Third Officer | (07.1945) | Midsh. J.J.T. Lang, RINVR |
Motor Anti/Submarine Boats (MA/SBs)
| 4th MA/SB Flotilla | Consisted of: MA/SB 60 (11.1940-01.1941). |
| MA/SB 60 | 13.11.1940 commissioned. Jan. 1941 redesignated as MGB 60. Served in 4th MA/SB Flotilla. |
| Literature: | ||||
| Coastal Forces | - general | |||
| Lt.Cdr. Peter Scott | |
The battle of the narrow seas : a history of the light coastal forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945 | London : Country Life, [1945] | xii, 228 p. |
| Graeme Cook |
|
Small boat raiders | London : Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1977 | 130 p. |
| Coastal Forces | - boats | |||
| John Lambert & Al Ross |
|
Allied coastal
forces of World War II
Vol. II: Vosper MTBs & U.S. ELCOs |
London : Conway
Maritime Press,
1994 |
256 p. |
| MTBs | - general | |||
| Angus Konstam; ill. by Tony Bryan |
|
British Motor Torpedo Boat 1939-45 [New Vanguard 74] | Botley, Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2003 | 48 p. |
| MTBs | - Canadian [29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla] - memoirs | |||
| C. Anthony Law | |
White plumes astern : the short, daring life of Canada's MTB flotilla | Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing, 1989 | 170 p. |
| MTBs | - Dutch [9th (Dutch) MTB Flotilla, MTB 203] - memoirs | |||
| Hans Larive E.H. Larive |
|
Vannacht varen de Hollanders Translated into English as: |
Amsterdam :
Elsevier, 1950, 19632
|
X, 251 p.
|
| MTBs | - Dutch [MTB 202] - memoirs | |||
| Gerard Dogger | |
De vierkante maan : een persoonlijk oorlogsrelaas | Amsterdam : Sijthoff, 1979, 19852 | 303 p. |
| Weblinks: | |
| The Coastal Forces Heritage Trust |