23rd A/S Trawler Group

THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE
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From the Navy Lists dated April 1940, Lieutenant-Commander A. H. Davies R.N.V.R. (mentioned in the Admiralty report, H.M.S. Nubian No. 5/16 dated 23 April 1940) was shown as serving on the Melbourne at the time the Rutlandshire was lost..

Reg. Number	Built & Registered	Builders	Gross Tons	Nett Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Official Number	Call sign
GY125	1936	Smiths Dock, M'brough	466	169	164.1	27.1	14.3	164408	GYTG

Brief History:

·	Requisitioned by the Admiralty September 1939 as an anti-submarine trawler
·	Lost May 1940, Norway
·	Salvaged and renamed Halstein, then Lofottral


The photograph on the left was probably taken in the summer of 1940 and shows the Melbourne semi-submerged at Gratangen, north of Narvik. She was subsequently salvaged as shown on the right and renamed Halstein

Naval Officers and respective appointment dates to the Melbourne as at March 1940:

Lieut.-Com., R.N.V.R.	A.J.C. Pomeroy	5 Mar. 1940
Lieut.-Com., R.N.V.R.	A.H. Davies	5 Mar. 1940
Tempy. Lieut., R.N.V.R.	A. Farquharson	4 Mar. 1940
Skipper, R.N.R.	T.J.A. Hoyle	29 Feb. 1940

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