HMS Milford (L 51 / U 51)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Sloop
Class	Falmouth
Pennant	L 51 / U 51
Built by	Devonport dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down	14 Sep 1931
Launched	11 Jun 1932
Commissioned	22 Dec 1932
End service
Loss position

History	Sold 3 June 1949. Commanding Officers: Capt. Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe, RN December 1937 - 6 October 1939 Capt. Robert John Shaw, MBE, RN 6 October 1939 – 20 June 1940 Capt. Sydney Keith Smyth, RN (retired) 20 June 1940 – 22 February 1941 Cdr. the Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin, RN (retired) 22 February 1941 – ca. early 1943 Lt.Cdr. Gerald MacClelland, RN ca. early 1943 - January 1944 DSC awarded on 1 January 1944 ??? Lt.Cdr. Gerald Gordon Slade, RN 6 March 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List Retired on 27 October 1944 with the rank of Cdr.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe, RN	Dec 1937	6 Oct 1939
2	Capt. Robert John Shaw, RN	6 Oct 1939	20 Jun 1940
3	Capt. (retired) Sydney Keith Smyth, RN	20 Jun 1940	22 Feb 1941
4	Cdr. (retired) the Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin, RN	22 Feb 1941	Early 1943
5	Lt.Cdr. Gerald MacClelland, RN	Early 1943	Jan 1944

6	Lt.Cdr. Gerald Gordon Slade, RN	6 Mar 1944	Oct 1945 ?

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28 Mar 1938
HMS Milford (Capt. R.L.B. Cunliffe, RN) anchored off Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and claimed the island for Britain.

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