Allied Warships
HMS Folkestone (L 22 / U 22)
Sloop of the Folkestone class
HMS Folkestone as seen during the war.
Photo Courtesy of Graham White.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Folkestone |
| Pennant | L 22 / U 22 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 26 Feb 1929 |
| Laid down | 21 May 1929 |
| Launched | 12 Feb 1930 |
| Commissioned | 25 Jun 1930 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold 22 May 1947. HMS Folkestone is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Folkestone (L 22 / U 22)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill, RN | Oct 1939 | 12 Jul 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. David Edward Gillespie Wemeyss, RN | 12 Jul 1941 | 19 Jun 1942 |
| 3 | Cdr. (retired) James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson, OBE, RN | 19 Jun 1942 | 14 Nov 1944 |
| 4 | Cdr. (retired) Cyril John Percy Hill, RN | 14 Nov 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Folkestone include:
17 Oct 1940
HMS Folkestone (Lt.Cdr. C.F.H. Churchill, RN) picks up 7 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Dokka that was torpedoed and sunk south of Iceland in position 60°46'N, 16°30'W by German U-boat U-93.