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HMS Lowestoft (L 59 / U 59)

Sloop of the Grimsby class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassGrimsby 
PennantL 59 / U 59 
Built byDevonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down21 Aug, 1933 
Launched11 Apr, 1934 
Commissioned22 Nov, 1934 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 4 October 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Arthur Macdonnell Knapp, RN
15 August 1938 – 8 January 1941

Cdr. Ughtred Henry Ramsden James, RN
8 January 1941 – 21 July 1941

Lt.Cdr. Francis Babington Proudfoot, RN (retired)
21 July 1941 – ???

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Lt.Cdr. Lawrence Henry Phillips, RN (retired)
23 March 1943 - June 1945
Promoted to A/Cdr. on ???

Lt.Cdr. Charles Grenville Cowley, RN
June 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Lowestoft is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 

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