| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | Dance |
| Pennant | T 117 |
| Built by | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 9 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 18 Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 6 Aug 1940 |
| Commissioned | 7 Oct 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Morris Dance (T 117)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Alexander Bruce, RCNVR | 10 Sep 1940 | 18 Jun 1942 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Sidney Alan MacKechnie, RNVR | 18 Jun 1942 | mid 1943 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. John Gregory Haynes, RNVR | 1 Dec 1943 | 3 Jul 1944 | |
| 4 | T/Lt. Frederick Haakon Olaf Lambert, RNVR | 3 Jul 1944 | Jan 1945 | |
| 5 | T/Lt. Donald Blair Middleton, RNVR | Jan 1945 | ||
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Notable events involving Morris Dance include:
27 Oct 1941
HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN) departed Freetown for a few days of exercises together with the destroyer HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. R.L.S. Gaisford, RN), the corvettes HMS Armeria (T/Lt. H.N. Russell, RNR), HMS Cyclamen (Lt. H.N. Lawson, RNR), HMS Aster (Lt.Cdr. E. Hewitt, RD, RNR), the A/S trawlers HMS Fandango (Lt. J.A.T. Maishman, RNR), HMS Morris Dance (Lt. A. Bruce, RCNVR) and several ML's. (1)
22 Nov 1942
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS Burdock (Lt.Cdr. E.H. Lynes, RD, RNR), FFS Commandant Drogou, FFS Commandant Detroyat, HMS Morris Dance (T/Lt. S.A. MacKechnie, RNVR) and HMS Rumba (T/Lt. E.C.F.D. Jacquier, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/16987
- ADM 173/17528
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.