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HMS Halcyon (J 42)

Minesweeper of the Halcyon class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassHalcyon 
PennantJ 42 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Mar, 1933 
Launched20 Dec, 1933 
Commissioned18 Apr, 1934 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 19 April 1950.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. L.V. Lloyd, RN (retired)
15 June 1939 – 12 October 1939

Cdr. St. John Cronyn, RN
12 October 1939 – 8 April 1940

Lt.Cdr. J.M.S. Cox, RN
8 April 1940 – 30 May 1940

Cdr. Eric Percival Hinton, MVO, RN
30 May 1940 – 15 October 1940
DSO awarded on 16 August 1940

T/A/Lt.Cdr. H. Harding, RNR
15 October 1940 – 18 June 1942

Lt.Cdr. Colin Henry Corbet-Singleton, DSC, RN
18 June 1942 – 2 February 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Layland Dudley Hoare, RNR
2 February 1943 – 12 July 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.J. Martin, RNVR
12 July 1943 – 20 March 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.A.C. Philipps, DSC, RNR
20 March 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

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