| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 212 |
| Built by | John Crown & Sons Ltd. (Sunderland, U.K) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 15 Mar 1941 |
| Laid down | 29 Sep 1941 |
| Launched | 2 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20 Aug 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold to the Italian Navy in January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Filla (T 212)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Thomas Friend Bennett-Blacklock, RNVR | 10 Aug 1942 | late 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Terence Conrad Newth, RNVR | late 1942 | 29 Mar 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Herbert Syrett, RNVR | 29 Mar 1943 | 21 Dec 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Arthur Leonard Hughes, RNVR | 21 Dec 1944 | 1 Apr 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Douglas Morgan Allan, RNVR | 1 Apr 1945 | Aug 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Ronald Adair, RNVR | Aug 1945 |
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Notable events involving Filla include:
5 Nov 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. B.J.B. Andrew, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Racehorse (Cdr. A.F. Burnell-Nugent, DSC, RN) and HMS Filla (T/Lt. T.C. Newth, RNVR). (1)
2 Oct 1943
HMS Filla (Lt. J.B. Hornby) picks up 59 men from the British merchant Stanmore that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-223 near Cape Ivi, Algeria in position 36°41'N, 01°10'E.
Sources
- ADM 173/17255
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.