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Surface Vessels => Mine Warfare => Topic started by: Phyly on 07 November 2022 02:20:46 pm

Title: HMS Eastbourne
Post by: Phyly on 07 November 2022 02:20:46 pm

Hello,
I am researching the two HMS Eastbourne naval ships.
J.127 1940-1948     F73 1955-1984
I do not know where to get more information and I hope someone can point me in the right direction.
What I would like is a list of all the Commanders/Captains of these ships and is it possible to see the log books from the ships.
Thank you.

Stephen

Title: Re: HMS Eastbourne
Post by: PhiloNauticus on 08 November 2022 02:59:51 pm

Ships Logs are held by and can be viewed at the National Archives at Kew – although they often say little apart from the ships position etc

Details of the minesweepers war service can be found here –

 https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Bangor-Eastbourne.htm


And her commanding officers are here –
 https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3183.html


Wikipedia provides an outline service history of the frigate – a check on contemporary Navy Lists will provide her CO’s

Title: Re: HMS Eastbourne
Post by: Phyly on 11 November 2022 02:43:34 pm

Thanks for the info. I have been researching now for some months and have quite a lot of information. Visited all the online sites.
Re ships log, I was hoping that they were held in Portsmouth as that would be easier for me to visit. The details on the uboat.net site are not complete and a few errors.
I have quite a few copies of the Navy Lists but as far as I can see you need the captain's name first to check what vessels he commanded. I might be reading the list wrong.
Thanks again for all information, gratefully received.