Allied Warships

HMS Burwell (H 94)

Destroyer of the Town class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassTown 
PennantH 94 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., (Squantum, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Apr 1918 
Launched28 Aug 1918 
Commissioned9 Oct 1940 
End service4 Mar 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned and sold for scrap on 4 March 1947.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Sidney Richard James Woods, RNR
9 October 1940 - ??? July 1942 ???

Lt.Cdr. Thomas Stanley Lane Fox-Pitt, RN (retired)
3 August 1942 – October 1942

HMS Burwell in Dockyard Control during refit / repairs

Lt. Anthony Heron Parish, RN
1 November 1942 – 8 September 1943

Lt. Alan Vincent Turner, RNVR
8 September 1943 – 22 August 1944

Lt. John Rowlands Pritchard, DSC, RN
22 August 1944 - ???

HMS Burwell is not listed as active unit in the January 1945 Navy List

 
Former nameUSS Laub (DD 263)

Commands listed for HMS Burwell (H 94)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Sidney Richard James Woods, RNR9 Oct 1940Jul 1942 ?

2Lt.Cdr. (retired) Thomas Stanley Lane Fox-Pitt, RN3 Aug 1942Oct 1942

3Lt. Anthony Heron Parish, RN1 Nov 19429 Aug 1943
4Lt. Alan Vincent Turner, RNVR8 Sep 194322 Aug 1944
5Lt. John Rowlands Pritchard, DSC, RNVR / RN22 Aug 1944???

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