| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 229 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 3 Nov 1937 |
| Commissioned | Nov 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in January 1938. Lent to the United States Navy in February 1942 to operate of the US East coast under USN control. Returned to her owner in April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Norwich City (FY 229)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Skr. George William Todd, RNR | 5 Nov 1939 | 26 Jan 1940 | |
| 2 | Ch.Skr. Peter Newman, RNR | 26 Jan 1940 | early 1941 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Leslie Hugh Stammers, RNVR | 12 Apr 1941 | Aug 1944 | |
| 4 | Lt. Robert Arthur Groom, RNVR | Aug 1943 | Oct 1944 | |
| 5 | T/Lt. Leonard Griffin Gillham, SANF(V) | Oct 1944 | ||
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Notable events involving Norwich City include:
9 Nov 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt. G.V. Prowse, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Terje 3 (Skr. J.H.D. Dansie, RNR) and HMS Norwich City (Ch.Skr. P. Newman, RNR). (1)
1 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Balta (T/Lt. J.A.H. Punting, RNR) and HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR).
(2)
2 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Balta (T/Lt. J.A.H. Punting, RNR) and HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR). (2)
5 Apr 1942
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up a survivor from the American tanker Byron D. Benson that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-552 off Currituck Inlet, North Carolina in position 36°08'N, 75°32'W.
10 Apr 1942
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 22 survivors from the British tanker San Delfino that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-203 east of Cape Hatteras in position 35°35'N, 75°06'W.
HMS Norwich City also up a 35 survivors from the American tanker Tamaulipas that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-552 about 18 nautical miles north-east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina in position 34°25'N, 76°00'W.
25 Jun 1942
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 23 survivors from the American merchant Manuela that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-404 about 75 nautical miles east of Cape Lookout in position 34°30'N, 75°40'W.
4 Mar 1943
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Empire Mahseer that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-160 east-north-east of East London, South-Africa in position 32°01'S, 30°48'E.
11 Mar 1943
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR) picks up 19 survivors from the American merchant James B. Stephens that was torpedoed and sunk on 8 March 1943 by German U-boat U-160 about 150 nautical miles north-east of Durban, South-Africa in position 28°53'S, 33°18'E.
2 Aug 1943
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) shifted from Simonstown to Cape Town. She was escorted by HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR).
(3)
20 Aug 1944
HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. R.A. Groom, RNVR) picks up 94 survivors from the British merchant Berwickshire that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-861 about 400 nautical miles east-south-east of Durban, South-Africa in position 30°58'S, 38°50'E.
Sources
- ADM 173/16334
- File 2.12.03.6376 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/17964
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.