HMS Western Isles

History
Netherlands
Name	Batavier IV
Owner	Wm. H. Müller & Co.
Operator	Batavier Line
Route	Rotterdam–London
Builder	Gourlay Bros & Co., Dundee
Yard number	204
Launched	17 October 1902
Fate	Chartered by British Ministry of War Transport, May 1940
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Eastern Isles (1940–1941); HMS Western Isles (1941–1946);
Acquired	By charter, May 1940
Commissioned	September 1940
Decommissioned	1946
Fate	Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1946
Netherlands
Name	Hr. Ms. Zeearend (A 892)
Acquired	By purchase, 1946
Decommissioned	October 1970
Stricken	July 1971
Fate	Sold for scrapping, November 1972
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Passenger/cargo ship
Tonnage	1,568 GRT
Length	79.31 m (260 ft 2 in)
Beam	10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.39 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple expansion engine; 2,300 ihp (1,700 kW);
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Capacity	Passengers:; 75 × first-class; 28 × second-class; up to 325 in steerage;

HMS Western Isles was a command ship of the Royal Navy during World War II, serving as the flagship of the Anti-Submarine Training School at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull under Vice Admiral Gilbert Stephenson. Launched in 1902 as the Dutch Batavier Line passenger ship Batavier IV, after the war she served in the Royal Netherlands Navy as the training ship Hr. Ms. Zeearend (A 892). She was decommissioned in 1970, and scrapped in 1972.

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