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R.Adm. CF Capt. CF, Nore  Capt. CF, Portsmouth CFMD (Adm.) DDOD(C) (Adm.) Shore
establishments
MTBs
Flotillas  Boats
MGBs
Flotillas  Boats
SGBs
Flotillas  Boats
MLs
Flotillas  Boats
MA/SBs
Flotillas     Boats

 

Rear-Admiral Coastal Forces   [HMS Attack] Portland, later London
R.Adm. CF 31.10.1940-00.02.1943 R.Adm. P.K. Kekewich, RN
Staff Capt. F.H.P. Maurice, RN

 
Captain Coastal Forces, Nore Command Chatham
Capt. CF, Nore 00.02.1943- Capt. H.T. Armstrong, RN
  (1944) Capt. H.W.S. Browning, RN
  1945 Capt. W.G.A. Robson, RN
Staff    
Assistent Senior Officer Coastal Forces 25.10.1944-(1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.H. Coste, RNVR
Torpedo Officer Lt.Cdr. W.D.F.B. Muspratt, RN
Signal Officer Lt.Cdr. F.H. Dunlop, RN
Gunnery Officer 1944-07.03.1944 Lt. D.T. Wickham, RN

 
Captain Coastal Forces (Channel),
C-in-C Portsmouth
  Portsmouth
Capt. CF (Channel), Portsmouth 08.03.1944- Capt. P.V. McLaughlin, RN
Staff    
Staff Officer (Operations) spring 1944-autumn 1944 Lt. C.W.S. Dreyer, RN
Staff Officer [Plans?] spring 1944-autumn 1944 T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR
Engineer Officer (1944) Lt.Cdr. (E) R.S. Bickerton, RN
Operations Officer (1944) Lt.Cdr. J.M. Matheson, RNVR
Signal Officer 13.09.1944- Lt.Cdr. F.H. Dunlop, RN
Torpedo Officer (1944) Lt. D.J. Long, RN

 
Coastal Forces Materiel Department, Admiralty London  [borne in HMS President]
Director of Coastal Forces Materiel Department (DCFMD)
-22.11.1944 Capt. F.H.P. Maurice, RN
22.11.1944-(1945) Capt. W.L.G. Adams, RN
Deputy Director of Coastal Forces Materiel Department (DDCFMD)
21.06.1945- Capt. (E) F.H. Kennedy, RN

 
Deputy Director of Operations Division (Coastal Force) (DDOD(C)), Admiralty London [borne in HMS President]
1941-16.07.1943 Capt. D.M. Lees, RN
16.07.1943-(1945) Capt. H.G. Cooke, RN
Staff
05.04.1943- A/Cdr. O.C.H. Giddy, RN

 

Shore establishments  Index by place names
 
Coastal Forces base, HMS Aggressive   Newhaven [11.11.1942-16.05.1945] MTBs
Commanding Officer [?} 17.05.1945-(07.1945) A/Cdr. R.H. Thornton, RN (emergency list)
  positions unknown 14.04.1942- T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.L. Barton, RNVR
  01.12.1943-(07.1945) Lt. (T) A.R.S. Phillips, RN (retd)
  17.10.1941-(07.1945) T/Lt. R. Garnett, RNVR
  28.04.1943-(07.1945) T/Lt. B.J. McKay, RNVR
  07.12.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. M. Arnold-Forster, RNVR
  02.09.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. W.G.A. Hardy, RM
  05.11.1942-(07.1945) T/Elect.Lt. H. Thomson, RNVR
  31.03.1942-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp Br) J.S. Temple, RNVR
  01.09.1942-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp Br) L.V. Giles, RNVR
  01.09.1942-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp Br) E.J. Loder, RNVR
  15.04.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp Br) A.V.W. Bennett, RNVR
  04.11.1942-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp Br) C. Rigby, RNVR
  20.09.1943-(07.1945) T/A/S.Lt. (Sp Br) S.A. Leech, RNVR
  10.11.1942-(07.1945) Cd.Gnr. A. Coldman, RN (retd)
  20.06.1944-(07.1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.H.W. Andrew, RNVR
  24.01.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. C.D. Cobb, RNVR
  24.01.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. B.M. MacGinty, RNVR
  16.06.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. D.A.F. Crispin, RNVR
  23.06.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. B.H. Williams, RNVR
  24.01.1945-(07.1945) T/Lt. H.M. Day, RNVR
  29.03.1943-(07.1945) T/Elect.Lt. E.T.A. Webb, RNVR
  01.12.1944-(07.1945) T/Elect.Lt. E.G. Palfreman, RNVR
  01.11.1943-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. J.W. Matthew, RNVR
  24.01.1944-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. T.M. Higham RNVR
  24.01.1944-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. W.R. Jones, RNVR
  11.10.1943-(07.1945) T/A/S.Lt. R.J. Burrell, RNVR
  05.06.1944-(07.1945) T/A/S.Lt. A.W. Poulton, RNVR
  00.11.1944-(07.1945) T/A/S.Lt. R.M. Williams, RNVR
  22.05.1944-(07.1945) T/A/S.Lt. P.I. Munnoch, RNVR
  14.08.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp Br) G.S. McNamara, RNVR
  21.06.1944-(07.1945) T/A/Gnr. (T) H. Groom, RN
  00.10.1944-(07.1945) T/Mid. R.W. Britton, RNVR
Coastal Forces base, HMS Attack   Portland. [15.11.1941-31.12.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs, repairs
Commanding Officer 15.01.1944-(07.1945) Capt. J.P. Farquharson, RN (retd)
Staff Officer (Operations) 09.07.1945-(07.1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.B.G. Leith, RNVR
in lieu of Specialist (G) Officer 23.01.1945-(07.1945) T/A/Lt. H.J.R. Maine, RNVR
  positions unknown 26.03.1945-(07.1945) A/Cdr. A.T. Grevatt, RNVR
  22.01.1943-(07.1945) Lt.Cdr. F.M. Goodger, RN (retd)
  14.11.1943-(07.1945) Lt.Cdr. B.L. Sadler, RN (retd)
  20.01.1941-(07.1945) Lt.Cdr. J.G. Lake, RN (retd)
  21.06.1945-(07.1945) Lt. E.P. Cheesman, RN
  21.06.1945-(07.1945) Lt. D.E.B. Field, RN
  14.12.1942-(07.1945) T/A/Lt. M.F. Ranby, RNVR
  00.11.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. S.E. Slater, RNVR
  11.12.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. G.W. Barns, RNVR
  22.08.1944-(07.1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) G.A. Soutar, RNVR
  10.11.1942-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) G.A. Rayment, RNVR
  11.10.1943-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) J.P. Allen, RNVR
  13.11.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) H.H. Holmans, RNVR
  26.05.1945-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) W. Frame, RNVR
  04.07.1945-(07.1945) T/A/Surg.Lt.Cdr. R. Warlstencroft, RNVR
  etc.  
Coastal Forces base, HMS Beaver II   Immingham. MLs
Commanding Officer 21.04.1941-(07.1945) Cdr. E.L.D. Bartley, RN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Bee   Weymouth. [01.09.1942-18.10.1943] "Working up" base
Holyhead, Anglesey.
[18.10.43-21.07.1945] "Working up" base
Commanding Officer summer 1942-(1944?) Cdr. R.F.B. Swinley, RN
  06.09.1944-(07.1945) Capt. M. Murray, RN (retd)
Staff  (1943) Lt.Cdr. J.M. Matheson, RNVR
Training Officer autumn 1943-1944 Lt. P.G.C. Dickens, RN
Coastal Forces base, HMS Beehive   Felixstowe. [01.07.1940-18.10.1945] MTBs, MGBs
Commanding Officer 29.07.1941- Cdr. T. Kerr, RN (retd)
  01.03.1945-(07.1945) A/Cdr. D.H.E. McCowen, RNVR
First Lieutenant -05.04.1943 Lt. O.C.H. Giddy, RN (retd)
Staff Officer (Operations) 24.01.1944-(07.1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. I.C. Trelawny, RNVR
Senior Officer MTB's (1943) Lt. P.G.C. Dickens, RN
Training Officer Coastal Forces 21.03.1945-(07.1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.E. Ascoli, RNVR
Radar Officer  15.01.1944-(07.1945) S.Lt. (Sp Br) B. Lacome, RNVR
Base Supply Officer 08.10.1941-(07.1945) Cdr. (S) C.J. Green, RNR (retd)
  positions unknown 01.02.1944-(07.1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Cambridge, RNVR
  28.08.1942-(07.1945) Lt. E. Tickell, RN (retd)
  13.11.1944-(07.1945) Lt. S.P. Brewer, RN
  25.09.1944-07.12.1944 T/Lt. M. Arnold-Forster, RNVR
  21.06.1945-(07.1945) T/A/Lt. G.F. Knight, RNVR
  30.10.1944-(07.1945) T/A/Lt.Cdr. (E) G.C. Wood, RN
  14.01.1945-(07.1945) Lt. (E) P.J. Nops, RN
  00.12.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) D. Smith, RNR
  12.06.1942-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) J.R. Wilkinson, RNVR
  28.05.1945-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) H.V. Bonham, RNVR
  28.06.1943-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) C.I.W. James, RNVR
  08.11.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) S. Nicholson, RNVR
  19.03.1945-(07.1945) T/Lt. (E) B.A. Evans, RNVR
  25.04.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. E.A. Bryett, RM
  25.04.1945-(07.1945) T/Surg.Lt. C.F. Donovan, RNVR
  18.01.1945-(07.1945) T/Surg.Lt. T.C. Prideaux, RNVR
  03.08.1944-(07.1945) T/Lt. (S) M.H. Wilson, RNVR
  11.02.1941-(07.1945) Shipwright Lt.Cdr. H.R. Lillicrap, RN (retd)
  17.04.1944-(07.1945) T/Elect.Lt. K. Collinson, RNVR
  29.11.1943-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. (E) L.H. Remington, RNVR
  03.01.1944-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. (E) B.T. Hedgecock, RNVR
  00.04.1945-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp Br) J.D. Evans, RNVR
  11.04.1945-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. (Sp Br) S.S. McKechnie, RNVR
  06.01.1944-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. (Sp Br) R.L. Blackmore, RNVR
  05.03.1945-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. (Sp Br) J.E. Young, RNVR
  29.07.1944-(07.1945) T/Warrant Stores Officer H. Moor, RN
Coastal Forces base, HMS Britannia III   Dartmouth. [01.05.1941-23.12.1942] MTBs, MGBs
Commanding Officer (09.1942) Cdr. A.T. Yardley, RNR
Duty Officer (1942) T/Lt. (Sp) T.Y. Carnie, RNVR
Coastal Forces base, HMS Caroline   Belfast. MLs
Commanding Officer 21.09.1939-(07.1945) Cdr. D.M. Hervey-MacLeay, RN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Cicala   Dartmouth. [21.08.1943-31.12.1944] MTBs, MGBs
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Claverhouse   Leith. MLs
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Dartmouth II   Dartmouth. [23.12.1942-21.08.1943] MTBs, MGBs, MLs
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Fervent   Ramsgate. [10.10.1939-17.09.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs
Commanding Officer 16.09.1940-(07.1945) Capt. A.F.W. Howard, RN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Flora III   Invergordon. [01.09.1942-04.12.1943] MLs
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Forte IV   Falmouth. [08.07.1941-06.11.1944] MLs
Commanding Officer 23.06.1941-12.03.1942 Cdr. H.S.M. Herbert, RN (retd)
  12.03.1942-15.02.1945 A/Cdr. E.G. Hallewell, RCN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Forward II   Newhaven. [04.03.1941-11.11.1942] MTBs
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Fox   Lerwick. MTBs, MLs
Commanding Officer 00.09.1944-(07.1945) A/Capt. H.C. Browne, RN
Coastal Forces base, HMS Hornet   Gosport. [20.12.1939-1956] Coastal Forces Depot, MTBs
Commanding Officer 15.08.1944-(07.1945) Capt. the Hon. E. Pleydell-Bouverie, RN
Coastal Forces base, HMS Iron Duke   Scapa Flow. MLs
Commanding Officer 20.02.1945-(07.1945) A/Capt. R.E. Cowell, RN
Coastal Forces base, HMS Mantis
formerly: HMS Minos II
  Lowestoft. [26.07.1942-00.06.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs
Commanding Officer 26.07.1942-21.09.1943 A/Cdr. K.M.B.L. Barnard, RN (retd)
  21.09.1943-(07.1945) Lt.Cdr. M.R. Street, RN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Midge   Yarmouth. [01.01.1941-21.07.1945] MTBs, MGBs, MLs
Commanding Officer 15.11.1941-04.05.1944 Cdr. M.A. Brind, RN
  19.06.1944-(07.1945) A/Cdr. A.C.G. Jolley, RN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Minos   Lowestoft. [01.07.1940-01.05.1941] MTBs, MGBs, MLs
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Minos II
renamed: HMS Mantis
  Lowestoft. [01.05.1941-26.07.1942] MTBs, MGBs, MLs
Commanding Officer 01.05.1941-26.07.1942 A/Cdr. K.L.M.B. Barnard, RN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Rager   Larne. [01.08.1941-26.07.1942] MLs
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS St. Christopher   Fort William, Scotland. [31.10.1940-31.12.1944] Training centre
Commanding Officer Cdr. A.E.P. Welman, RN
Coastal Forces base, HMS Seahawk   Adrishaig. [01.01.1941-00.10.1944] Anti-submarine training
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Skirmisher II   Milford Haven. [01.05.1941-15.04.1943]
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Tadpole   Poole. [24.05.1944-30.11.1945] Paying off & disposal
Commanding Officer    
HMS Vernon   Portsmouth. [1940-1941]. Initial base of Coastal Forces, before special bases were created.
Commanding Officer    
Coastal Forces base, HMS Torch
(also Minesweepers base)
  Holyhead, Anglesey. [11.09.1939-18.10.43] "Working up" base
Commanding Officer 25.08.1939-(08.1942) Capt. J.B. Kitson, RN (retd)
  21.11.1942-(10.1943) V.Adm. W.F. Sells, RN (retd)
Coastal Forces base, HMS Wasp   Dover. [02.09.1940-14.12.1944] MTBs, MGBs, MLs
Commanding Officer 23.03.1942- A/Capt. P.L. Gunn, RN
  -22.11.1944 Capt. W.L.G. Adams, RN
Senior Officer MTB's Lt.Cdr. E.N. Pumphrey, RN
  (03.1942) acting Lt. L.J.H. Gamble, RN
Senior Officer Dutch MTBs (2nd & 9th MTB Flotillas) 01.10.1943-16.09.1944 Lt. / T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.H. Larive, RNethN
Staff shore establishment Dutch MTBs ["Waldetachement"]    
  18.05.1944-13.07.1944 Lt. H.L. Sixma baron van Heemstra, RNethN
  (06.1944)-21.06.1944 T/S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) Ir. A. van Slikkerveer, RNethN Res
  (20.06.1944) T/Lt. (E) A.C. Bruning, RNethN Res
  (20.06.1944) Lt. (E) A.H.D. Hoppener, RNethN
  (20.06.1944) Paymaster S.Lt. F.H. Knottenbelt, RNethN Res
  (20.06.1944; hospitalized) Lt. G.W. Bendien, RNethN
  (20.06.1944)-11.09.1944 Mid. A.J. Rotteveel, RNethN
Coastal Forces base, HMS Wildfire III   Sheerness. MLs
Commanding Officer 27.08.1943-(07.1945) T/A/Cdr. T. Hughes, RNR
Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 1 (CFMU 1)   Newhaven (06.1944); Arromanches (07.1944); Ostend (09.1944); Cuxhaven (05.1945); Gosport (08.1945)
Commanding Officer 07.1944-(1945?) Cdr. M.A. Brind, RN
Coastal Forces Mobile Unit 2 (CFMU 2)   Chatham (05.1944); Wilhelmshaven (14.05.1945); Copenhagen; Cuxhaven
Commanding Officer 04.06.1945-(07.1945) T/A/Cdr. D.G. Bradford, RNR
Engineer Officer 04.01.1945-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. (E) E.J.S. Hollis, RNVR
Miscellaneous Ratings Division 01.02.1945-(07.1945) T/Lt. (Sp.Br.) G.E. Laity, RNVR


Index by place names

Ad - Go   Gr - Mi   Ne - Ya  
Adrishaig Seahawk Great Yarmouth see: Yarmouth   Newhaven Forward II, Aggressive, CFMU 1
Belfast Caroline Holyhead Bee, Torch Poole Tadpole
Chatham CFMU 2 Immingham Beaver II Portland Attack
Dartmouth Britannia III, Dartmouth II, Cicala Invergordon Flora III Portsmouth Vernon
Dover Wasp Larne Rager Ramsgate Fervent
Falmouth Forte IV Leith Claverhouse Scapa Flow Iron Duke
Felixstowe Beehive Lerwick Fox Sheerness Wildfire III
Fort William St. Christopher Lowestoft Minos, Minos II, Mantis Weymouth Bee
Gosport Hornet, CFMU 1 Milford Haven Skirmisher II Yarmouth Midge

Motor Gunboats (MGBs)


 Flotillas
3rd MGB Flotilla   [Renamed 9th MGB Flotilla ??]. Formed at Fowey. Based at Dover mid 08.1941. Based at Ramsgate mid 09.1941.
Consisted of: MGB 46 + British, French & Polish MGBs: 13, 41, 43, 44, 48, S 2, S 3, S 6, S 7
Senior Officer [04.1943-01.09.1943 Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN ?]
 
6th MGB Flotilla   Formed December 1940 at Fowey. 6 March 1941 to Felixstowe.
Consisted of: MGB 59, 60, 61, 64.
Senior Officer 00.12.1940-00.08.1941 Lt. P.N. Howes, RN
  00.08.1941- T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hichens, RNVR
  (1944) Lt. T.J. Mathias, RNVR
 
7th MGB Flotilla  
Senior Officer   Lt. J.B.R. Horne, RN
 
8th MGB Flotilla   Renamed 1st MTB Flotilla
Senior Officer -13.04.1943 T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Hichens, RNVR
 
9th MGB Flotilla   Ramsgate.
Consisted (01.09.1943) of: MGB 107, 108, 113 [= Polish S 4], 114, 116, 117, 118 [+ 110]
Senior Officer (1942 ? / 1943?) Lt. P.F.S. Gould, RN
  -29.05.1943 Lt. G.D.K. Richards, RN
  00.05.1943-[09.1943?] Lt. R.B. Rooper, RN
  01.09.1943-01.02.1944 Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN
 
14th MGB Flotilla  
Senior Officer Lt.Cdr. W.G. Everitt, RN
  Lt.Cdr. T. Cartwright, RNVR
 
57th MGB Flotilla  
Senior Officer 04.07.1943-(07.1945) T/Lt.Cdr. T.J. Bligh, RNVR [MGB 662]

 

Boats
 
MGB 6      
Commanding Officer (08.1942)   T/S.Lt. R.M. Barge, RNVR
  29.05.1943 (08.1943) T/Lt. J. Gaywood Lewis, RNVR
 
MGB 7      
Commanding Officer 22.09.1942 (08.1943) T/Lt. R.A. Duder, RNZNVR
First Lieutenant 22.09.1942 (08.1943) T/S.Lt. A.W.R. Andrews, RNVR
 
MGB 8 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: ?.
Completed: 22.05.1940.
Harbour service (1945). Houseboat (1954).
Commanding Officer 05.1943-(04.1944) T/Lt. C.J. Wright, RNZNVR
First Lieutenant 06.06.1943-(12.1943) T/Midsh. | T/A/S.Lt. G.A. Dale, RNVR
 
MGB 9    
Commanding Officer (05.1942) T/S.Lt. R.M. Barge, RNVR
 
MGB 14    
Commanding Officer   T/Lt. J.D. Maitland, RCNVR
First Lieutenant  
    T/Lt. C.A. Burk, RCNVR
 
MGB 17   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 21.01.1943-(03.1943) T/Lt. C.A. Burk, RCNVR
First Lieutenant (06.1942?) T/S.Lt. Tine [?], RNVR [T/Midsh. H.S. Turner, RNVR ?]
 
MGB 20   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 20.04.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. G.R. Dale, RNVR
First Lieutenant 23.11.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. G.W. Tyrwhitt-Drake, RNVR
 
MGB 21   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 24.04.1942-(02.1943) T/Lt. J.S. Price, RNVR
First Lieutenant 08.07.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. E.W. Keenan, RNVR
 
MGB 43   Served in 3rd MGB Flotilla. 
Commanding Officer   Lt. P.F.S. Gould, RN
 
MGB 46   Served in 3rd MGB Flotilla. Dutch ex-TMB 51. Taken on service 13.03.1941. Based at Fowey 12.06.1941-07.1941, exercises. Blew up on British mine, but salvaged while sinking & in repair 07-08.1941. Moved to Dover 09.1941. Patrols in Channel 09.1941 & enemy engagement 12.09.1941. Based at Ramsgate 09.1941-25.11.1942. In repair at Hythe 09.1941-03.1942. Patrols & enemy engagements 03.1942-06.1942. Badly damaged to Dover 14.06.1942. Patrols & minelaying 08-11.1942. Paid off at Portland 25.11.1942.
Commanding Officer 13.03.1941-01.09.1941 Lt. J. van Staveren, RNethN
  01.09.1941-22.01.1942 Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN
  22.01.1942-07.10.1942 S.Lt. / Lt. J.A. Schreuder, RNethN
  07.10.1942-25.11.1942 Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN
 
MGB 51
ex-MASB 51
BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Seized: 03.07.1940.
Completed: 13.07.1940.
HMS St Christopher (at 12.1941). Sea Cadet Corps (1944).
Commanding Officer 28.06.1941-(12.1941) T/S.Lt. O.L. Hooker, RNVR
  18.09.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. A.L. Raybould, RNVR
First Lieutenant 27.06.1941-(12.1941) T/S.Lt. W.H. Keefer, RCNVR
  19.06.1943-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. W.J. Clemow, RNVR
 
MGB 59   Served in 6th MGB Flotilla.
(1941)  
 
MGB 60
ex-MASB 60
  01.1941 by redesignation of MA/SB 60. Served in 6th MGB Flotilla. 18.08-11.1941 out of action. Late 1943 non-operational, paid off 08.1944.
Commanding Officer 00.01.1941- Lt. G.D.K. Richards, RN
First Lieutenant 08.1943-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. G.R. Smail, RNVR
 
MGB 61   Served in 6th MGB Flotilla.
Commanding Officer 00.12.1940-00.08.1941 Lt. P.N. Howes, RN
  20.07.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. J. Collins, RNVR
 
MGB 64   Served in 6th MGB Flotilla.
Commanding Officer (1941) Lt. R.P. Hichens, RNVR

 
MGB 65
ex-MASB 65
BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Seized: 03.07.1940.
Completed: 04.03.1941.
6th Motor Gun Boat Flotilla, HMS Beehive (at 12.1941). CT 28 (1944).
Commanding Officer 27.03.1941-(12.1941) T/Lt. A.A. Gotelee, RNVR
  28.08.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. L.E. Yock, RNVR
First Lieutenant 27.03.1941-(12.1941) T/A/S.Lt. G.F. Duncan, RCNVR
 
MGB 66    
Commanding Officer (01.1942) Lt. Driver, RNVR
  22.02.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. G.P. boissard, RANVR
First Lieutenant 06.01.1942-30.06.1942 T/S.Lt. D. Gray, RNVR
  31.05.1943-(08.1943) T/Midsh. F.B. Stitt, RNVR
 
MGB 67    
Commanding Officer (07.1942) Lt. G.E. Bailey, RNVR
  14.06.1943-(08.1943) Lt. H.A.J. Hollings [and as Senior Officer, 6th MGB Flotilla]
First Lieutenant 10.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. J.B. Horwood, RNVR
 
MGB 74   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 16.03.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. J.W. Lambert, RNVR
First Lieutenant 21.09.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. B.L. Bazeley, RNVR
 
MGB 82   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 06.04.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. M.V. Rout, RNZNVR
First Lieutenant 28.06.1943-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. E.H.R. Womersley, RNVR
 
MGB 83   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 09.02.1942-(02.1943) T/Lt. J.R.F. Best, RNVR
First Lieutenant 18.05.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. G.C. King, SANFV
  19.04.1943-(06.1943) T/Midsh. J.D. Smith, RNVR
 
MGB 85   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 10.07.1942-(10.1943) T/Lt. J.A.C. Findlay, RNVR
First Lieutenant 30.06.1942-27.06.1943 T/S.Lt. D. Gray, RNVR
  28.06.1943-(10.1943) T/A/S.Lt. H.S. Turner, RNVR
 
MGB 86
ex-STC.5
Elco type.
Builder: ELCO (New London).
Acquired: 04.04.1941.
Completed: 17.02.1941.
Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis]. Returned USN 21.07.1945.
Commanding Officer 15.06.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt.  E.E.J. Whife, RNVR
First Lieutenant 04.10.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. P.A. Baldwin, RCNVR
 
MGB 87   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer (03.1942) T/Lt. S.B. Bennett, RNVR
  14.03.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. D. Currie, RNVR
  12.07.1943-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. P.G. Wrate, RNVR
First Lieutenant 28.12.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. A.A. Podd, RNVR
  12.07.1943-(08.1943) T/Midsh. J.D. Pigott, RNVR
 
MGB 88   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 22.03.1943-27.06.1943 Lt. A.N. MacPherson, RN
  28.06.1943-23.01.1944 T/S.Lt. D. Gray, RNVR
First Lieutenant 13.04.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. C.E.T. Jensen, RNVR
  28.06.1943-(12.1943) T/A/S.Lt. T.D. Smith, RNVR
 
MGB 89   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer 28.05.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. F.N. Thomson, RNVR
First Lieutenant 08.02.1943-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. W.M. Paver, RNVR
 
MGB 91   Served in 7th MGB Flotilla [HMS Minos II, from 07.1942 HMS Mantis].
Commanding Officer (03.1942) T/S.Lt. J.R.F. Best, RNVR
  15.09.1942-(02.1943) T/Lt. E.D.W. Leaf, RNVR
First Lieutenant 23.11.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. E.W.A. Bostock, RNVR
 
MGB 100
ex-RB.6
Higgins type.
Builder: Higgins (New Orleans).
Acquired: 30.11.1940.
Completed: 28.06.1941.
For sale (06.1945).
Commanding Officer 08.02.1943-(06.1944) T/Lt. P. Garnier, RNVR
First Lieutenant 10.10.1942-(12.1943) T/S.Lt. P.A.G.B. Baldwin, RCNVR
 
MGB 114   Served in 9th MGB Flotilla. Dutch. Taken on service 29.12.1942 at Hythe [replacement for MGB 46]. Based at Ramsgate 28.01.1943-01.02.1944. Patrols & enemy engagements (14.02, 12.03, 10.04, 15.04, 08.06, 24/25.09, 30.09.1943). A/S rescue 28.04.1943. Renamed MTB 433 01.02.1944.
Commanding Officer   Commanding officers
First Lieutenant (03.1943)-01.02.1944 S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) F.W. Lambrechtsen, RNethN Res
Spare Officer 23.10.1943-01.02.1944 S.Lt. A.W. van der Star, RNethN
 
MGB 118    
Commanding Officer (05.1943) T/Lt. R.M. Barge, RNVR
  06.06.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. M.O.F. Forsyth-Grant, RNVR
First Lieutenant 31.05.1943-(08.1943) T/A/S.Lt. I.B. Galbraith, RNVR
 
MGB 327 Fairmile "C" type.
Builder: Risdon Beazley (Northam).
Ordered: 27.08.1940.
Completed: 22.08.1941.
Served in 12th MGB Flotilla (Yarmouth). For sale (10.1945).
Commanding Officer 14.06.1943-(12?.)1943 T/Lt. J.R. Fulton, RNVR [T/Lt. P.C. Wilkinson, RNVR awarded MID aboard MGB 327 on 24.10.1943]
  15.11.1943-11.09.1944 T/Lt. P.S. Robinson, RNVR
  11.09.1944-(10.1944) T/Lt. M.G.M. Smith, RNVR
First Lieutenant 06.05.1943-16.05.1944 T/S.Lt. D. Clark, RNVR
  16.05.1944-09.06.1944 T/Lt. L.I. Macbeth, RNVR
  09.06.1944-(10.1944) T/A/S.Lt. B.D. Price, RNVR
 
MGB 610 Fairmile "D" type.
Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens).
Ordered: 15.03.1941.
Completed: 30.06.1942.
Based at HMS St Christopher (Coastal Forces training establishement, Fort William) ([08.1942] - [06.1943]). MTB 610 ([11?].1943). SCC Boscawen (Falmouth, 1946). SCC (Weymouth, 1950). For sale (01.1964).
Commanding Officer 27.04.1942-01.03.1943 T/Lt. D.G.E. Probert, RNVR
  01.03.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. R.W. Ollis, RNVR
First Lieutenant 01.06.1942-03.08.1942 T/S.Lt. A. Kekewich, RNVR
  03.08.1942-01.03.1943 T/Lt. J.C. Cain, RNVR
  01.03.1943-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. H. Halford, RNVR
Spare Officer 03.08.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. A. Kekewich, RNVR
 
MGB 614 Fairmile "D" type.
Builder: Woodnutt (St Helens).
Ordered: 27.04.1941.
Completed: 06.08.1942.
MTB 614 (09.1943). For sale (11.1945).
Commanding Officer 07.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. E.A. Honer, RNVR
First Lieutenant 15.05.1943-(08.1943) T/Midsh. P.M. Lowndes, RNVR
 
MGB 659 Fairmile "D" type.
Builder: Boat Construction (Falmouth).
Ordered: 18.11.1941.
Completed: 05.1943.
Based at HMS St Christopher (06.1943). Foundered en route Malta/Alexandria (30.01.1946).
Commanding Officer 23.07.1943-07.09.1943 T/Lt. E.F. Smyth, RNVR
  08.09.1943-19.01.1944 T/Lt. K.E.A. Bayley, RNVR
  20.01.1944-(10.1944) T/Lt. P.D. Barlow, RNVR
  03.03.1945-(07.1945) T/Lt. W.J. Callow, RNVR
First Lieutenant 19.07.1943-22.09.1943 T/S.Lt. D.G. West, RNVR
  23.09.1943-(10.1944) T/Lt. D.G.T. Hill, RNVR
  12.02.1945-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. A.H. Marriott, RNVR
Spare Officer 05.04.1943-(08.1943) T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. H.E.O. Regout, RNVR
  08.10.1943-(10.1944) T/S.Lt. R.J. Mudd, RNVR
  06.05.1945-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. F. Palmer, RNVR
 
MGB 662 Fairmile "D" type.
Builder: Dorset Yacht (Hamworthy).
Ordered: 18.11.1941.
Completed: 08.04.1943.
For sale (02.1946).
Commanding Officer 04.07.1943-(07.1945) T/Lt.Cdr. T.J. Bligh, RNVR (and as Senior Officer, 57th MGB Flotilla)
First Lieutenant 28.05.1943-(06.1944) T/S.Lt. W.R. Darracott, RNVR
  02.10.1944-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. S.J. Turner, RNVR
Spare Officer 27.04.1943-(06.1944) T/S.Lt. G.V. Surtees, RNVR
  08.01.1945-(07.1945) T/S.Lt. J.B. Hinchliffe, RNVR

 

 

 

Steam Gunboats (SGBs)


 

Flotillas
  
1st SGB Flotilla   Consisted of: SGB 3, SGB 4, SGB 5, SGB 6, SGB 7, SGB 8, SGB 9. Operated from HMS Aggressive (Newhaven).
Senior Officer 1943- T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR
Engineering Officer 01.01.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. (E) H.J. Grout, RN
Electrical Officer 29.03.1943-(08.1943) T/Electr.Lt. E.T.A. Webb, RNVR

 

Boats

* Names with the prefix "Grey" were given in 1943.

 
SGB 1 Denny type.
Builder: Thormycroft (Woolston).
Order
ed: 08.11.1940.
Cancelled.
 
SGB 2 Denny type.
Builder: Thormycroft (Woolston).
Order
ed: 08.11.1940.
Cancelled.
 
SGB 3 (Grey Seal) * Denny type.
Builder: Yarrow (Scotstoun).
Order
ed: 08.11.1940.
Laid down: 24.01.1941.
Launched: 29.08.1941.
Completed: 21.02.1942.
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). For sale (20.08.1949).
Commanding Officer 04.01.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. J.S. Southcott, RNVR
  09.1943 (temp.) T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR
First Lieutenant 13.01.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. M.A. Barrett, RNVR
Third Officer 09.11.1942-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. N.K. Kaufmann, RNVR
 
SGB 4 (Grey Fox) * Denny type.
Builder: Yarrow (Scotstoun).
Order
ed: 08.11.1940.
Laid down: 24.01.1941.
Launched: 25.09.1941.
Completed: 15.03.1942.
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). For sale (10.1947).
Commanding Officer (07.1942) Lt. J.D. Ritchie, RN
  (08.1942) Lt. R.R.W. Ashby, RNVR
  T/Lt. P.E. Mason, RNVR
  28.12.1942-(02.1943) Lt. K.M. Cutler, RNR
  17.03.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. T.W. Boyd, RNVR
First Lieutenant (07.1942) S.Lt. J.C. Erskine-Hill, RNVR
  03.05.1943-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. T.J. Scott, RNVR
 
SGB 5 (Grey Owl) * Denny type.
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn).
Order
ed: 08.11.1940.
Laid down: 17.04.1941.
Launched: 27.08.1941.
Completed: 01.04.1942.
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). Sold to British Iron & Steel and scrapped (15.12.1949).
Commanding Officer ? 10.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. R.B.F. Hawkey, RNVR
First Lieutenant ? 18.01.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. R.M. Hall, RNVR
Third Officer 16.11.1942-(08.1943) T/A/S.Lt. H.W. Sutton, RNVR
 
SGB 6 (Grey Shark) * Denny type.
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn).
Order
ed: 08.11.1940.
Laid down: 28.03.1941.
Launched: 17.11.1941.
Completed: 30.04.1942.
Converted to fast minesweeper (1944). Sold (13.10.1947). Houseboat (1949).
Commanding Officer 30.04.1943-(08.1943) T/Lt. H.O.T. Bradford, RNVR
  04.1943 (temp.) T/Lt. P.M. Scott, RNVR
  07.1943 (temp.) T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.M. Scott, RNVR
First Lieutenant ? 01.1942-(02.1943) T/Lt. H.G. Bown, RNVR
Third Officer 09.11.1942-(02.1943)