Allied Warships

HMCS Annapolis (I 04)

Destroyer of the Town class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassTown 
PennantI 04 
Built byUnion Iron Works (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Jul 1918 
Launched29 Sep 1918 
Commissioned24 Sep 1940 
End service4 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Used for Mid-Ocean convoy escort from her commissioning until 1944. Later used as aircraft target and training ship.

Decommissioned on 4 June 1945.
Sold on 21 June 1945 to to Frankel Bros. Ltd. (Toronto, Canada) to be broken up for scrap.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Colin Degge Donald, RCN
24 September 1940 – 28 March 1941

Lt.Cdr. Frank Chalmers Smith, RCNR
29 March 1941 – 1 July 1942

A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN
2 July 1942 – 3 October 1942

Lt.Cdr. Ronald Fraser Harris, RCNR
4 October 1942 – 14 October 1942

A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN
15 October 1942 - 3 December 1942

A/Lt.Cdr. Angus George Boulton, RCNVR
4 December 1942 – 2 March 1944
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 January 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Hubert Charles Walmesley, RCNR
3 March 1944 – 31 August 1944

T/Lt. Harvey Armstrong Lennox, RCNVR
1 September 1944 – 4 June 1945

 
Former nameUSS Mackenzie (DD 175)

Commands listed for HMCS Annapolis (I 04)

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CommanderFromTo
1Colin Degge Donald, RCN24 Sep 194028 Mar 1941
2Frank Chalmers Smith, RCNR29 Mar 19411 Jul 1942
3Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN2 Jul 19423 Oct 1942
4Ronald Fraser Harris, RCNR4 Oct 194214 Oct 1942
5Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN15 Oct 19423 Dec 1942
6Angus George Boulton, RCNVR4 Dec 19422 Mar 1944
7Hubert Charles Walmesley, RCNR3 Mar 194431 Aug 1944
8Harvey Armstrong Lennox, RCNVR1 Sep 19444 Jun 1945

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