| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Dock landing ship |
| Class | Casa Grande |
| Pennant | F 141 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Nov 1942 |
| Launched | 19 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 19 Oct 1943 |
| End service | 23 Apr 1946 |
| History | Lend-Lease built in the United States for the Royal Navy. |
Commands listed for HMS Highway (F 141)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. William Andrew Haley, RNR | Oct 1943 | 5 Nov 1943 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Archibald Vallings, DSC, RNR | 5 Nov 1943 | 11 Apr 1945 |
| 3 | A/Cdr. Clifford Edgecombe, RD, RNR | 11 Apr 1945 | 26 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Highway include:
4 Mar 1944
Convoy BM 87B.
This convoy departed Bombay on 4 March 1944.
It was made up of the transport Llanstephan Castle (British, 11340 GRT, built 1914).
The dock landing ship HMS Highway (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Vallings, DSC, RNR) was also part of the convoy.
They were escorted by the destroyers HrMs Van Galen (Lt.Cdr. F.T. Burghard, RNethN) and HMS Redoubt (Lt.Cdr. N.E.G. Ropner, DSO, RN).
The Llanstephan Castle was detached off Colombo on 8 April 1944.
The other ships arrived at Trincomalee on 9 April 1944.
9 Mar 1944
Around 1200FG/9, HMS Highway (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Vallings, DSC, RNR), HrMs Van Galen (Lt.Cdr. F.T. Burghard, RNethN) and HMS Redoubt (Lt.Cdr. N.E.G. Ropner, DSO, RN) arrived at Trincomalee from Bombay.
Around 1615FG/9, they departed for Madras where HMS Highway and HMS Redoubt were detached off the entrance to the swept channel around 1515FG/10 and entered harbour. HrMs Van Galen then set course to return to Trincomalee where she arrived around 0700FG/11. (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1388 + File 2.12.03.1616 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.