Allied Warships

HMS Royal Scotsman (F 115)

Landing Ship Infantry

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLanding Ship Infantry
Class[No specific class] 
PennantF 115 
Built byHarland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched11 Mar 1936 
Commissioned 1940 
End service 
History

Completed as passenger ship on 29 May 1936.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in October 1940 and converted to an LSI(H).
Displacement: 3288 tons.
Lenght: 340 feet
Complement: 236
Machinery: 2 Shafts, Diesel engines, BHP 7500 = 16 knots.
Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun, 4 20mm AA (4x1)
Carried 6 LCA's and 830 troops

Returned in March 1946. 

Commands listed for HMS Royal Scotsman (F 115)

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CommanderFromTo
1J W Peters, RNR30 Oct 1940mid 1942
2Lt.Cdr, James Davison Armstrong, RD, RNRmid 194216 Jul 1943
3Lt.Cdr. (emergency) Ronald Charles Gervers, RN16 Jul 1943late 1944
4J G Jacob, RNRlate 1944early 1945

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