| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 211 |
| Built by | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
| Ordered | 15 Mar 1941 |
| Laid down | 14 Aug 1941 |
| Launched | 4 Feb 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to the Portugese Navy on 2 September 1949. |
Commands listed for HMS Ruskholm (T 211)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Thomas Grange Hornsby, RNR | 22 Apr 1942 | early 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Robert Erskine, RNVR | early 1943 | mid 1943 |
| 3 | T/S.Lt. Thomas Paul Bush, RNVR | mid 1943 | 1 Apr 1944 |
| 4 | T/S.Lt. Reginald Victor Brown, RNVR | 1 Apr 1944 | Jul 1945 |
| 5 | J Westwood, RNVR | Jul 1945 | early 1946 |
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Notable events involving Ruskholm include:
27 May 1943
HMS Trespasser (Lt. R.M. Favell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Algiers with HMS Stroma (A/Skr.Lt. J.S. Harper, RNR) and HMS Ruskholm (T/Lt. R. Erskine, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18255 + ADM 199/639
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.