| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 221 |
| Built by | George Brown & Co. (Greenock, Scotland): Parsons |
| Ordered | 1 Jun 1941 |
| Laid down | 29 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 27 Mar 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | This was one of the few turbine engined River-class frigates. Scrapped in August 1957. |
Commands listed for HMS Chelmer (K 221)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR | 18 Jul 1943 | 8 Sep 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC, RN | 8 Sep 1944 | Mar 1945 |
| 3 | Cdr. (retired) Rodney Charles Vesey Thomson, DSC, RN | Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Chelmer include:
17 Oct 1943
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR), HMS Grassholm (T/Lt. J.A. Antonsen, RNR), HMS Vanessa (Lt. C.E. Sheen, DSC, RN) and HMS Northern Sun (T/Lt. H. Meredith, RNVR), (1)
16 Nov 1943
HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) and HMS Loosestrife (Lt. H.A. Stonehouse, DSC, RNR). (2)
28 Dec 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) and HMS Pink (Lt. W.K. Tadman, RNR). (3)
6 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Sunflower (A/Lt.Cdr. J. Plomer, DSC, RCNVR) and HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR). (4)
7 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR). (4)
6 Apr 1944
HMS Chelmer (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) picks up 36 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ruth I that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 45°05'N, 35°11'W by German U-boat U-302.
23 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Flint Castle (T/Lt. N. Harrison, RNVR), HMS Oxford Castle (T/Lt. H.E. Holden, DSC, RNR), HMS Rushen Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Warwick, DSC, RNR), HMS Vidette (Lt. P.J. Stoner, RN), HMS Chelmer (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) and HMS Swale (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, DSC, RNR). (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18090
- ADM 173/17777
- ADM 173/18492
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.