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HMS Shoreham (L 32 / U 32)

Sloop of the Shoreham class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassShoreham 
PennantL 32 / U 32 
Built by Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Dec, 1929 
Launched22 Nov, 1930 
Commissioned2 Nov, 1931 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 4 October 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Cosmo Moray Graham, RN
24 February 1939 – 23 July 1940

Cdr. Gilbert Palmer Claridge, RN
23 July 1940 – 31 August 1942

Cdr. Eric Hewitt, RD, RNR
31 August 1942 – ???

HMS Shoreham in Dockyard Control ???

Lt.Cdr. L.M. Carter, RNR
December 1943 – 24 November 1944

Lt. Richard Joseph Tadhunter, RNR
24 November 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 2 May 1945 


Noteable events involving Shoreham include:

23 Jun, 1940
The Italian submarine Torricelli was forced to the surface and sunk off Perim in gun-battle by the British destroyers HMS Kandahar (Cdr. W.G.A. Robson, RN), HMS Kingston (Lt.Cdr. P. Somerville, RN), HMS Khartoum (Cdr. D.T. Dowler, RN) and the British sloop HMS Shoreham (Lt.Cdr. F.D. Miller, RN).

Shoreham was damaged by gunfire during this action. Repairs were made at Aden.


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