HMS Ross

HMS Ross

HMS "Ross" was a Hunt class minesweeper, built by Lobnitz and launched on 12 June 1919. She was originally called HMS "Ramsey", but was renamed prior to launch. So far she has been the only ship of the Navy to bear the name "Ross", in this case after the Ross hunt.

In 1940, "Ross" was serving with the 5th Minesweeping Flotilla. With the rest of her flotilla, she took part in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, making a number of trips and taking off more than 1,000 men. Her captain was wounded on the first trip, so her first lieutenant, Kenneth Gadd, took over command. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions and remained in command until February 1943. In 1941, "Ross" had a narrow escape when attacked by a German bomber a few miles out of Aberdeen: a bomb passed through her bow without exploding, leaving its tail fin behind. Ross was sold for scrapping on 13 March 1947.

References

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/11/25/db01.xml Daily Telegraph Obituary for Sir David Croom-Johnson]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/10/26/db04.xml Daily Telegraph Obituary for Commodore Kenneth Gadd]
* "Out Sweeps! The Story of the Minesweepers in World War II" Paul Lund & Harry Ludlam, W Foulsham & Co, 1978, ISBN 0-572-01011-7
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