Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 28 Nov 1928 |
Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
Lost | 2 Feb 1942 |
Loss position | 53° 29'N, 0° 50'E |
History | Completed in February 1929. HMT Cape Spartel (T/Lt. John Richard Grundy, RNR) was sunk by German aircraft off the Humber on 2 February 1942. |
Commands listed for HMS Cape Spartel
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. James Alexander Simpson, RNR | 31 Oct 1939 | Nov 1939 |
2 | H C Gue, RNR | Nov 1939 | 18 Dec 1940 |
3 | Cdr. (retired) John Williams Damer Powell, RD, RNR | 18 Dec 1940 | early 1941 |
4 | T/Lt. John Richard Grundy, RNR | early 1941 | 2 Feb 1942 |
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