Allied Warships

HMS Cape Spartel

MS Trawler

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. Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939. Displacement: 346 tons. Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun. HMT Cape Spartel (T/Lt. John Richard Grundy, RNR) was sunk by German aircraft off the Humber on 2 February 1942. The wreck lies in 18 meters of water in position 53º29'13"N, 00º50'13"E.

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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