Allied Warships

HMS Lookout (G 32)

Destroyer of the L class


HMS Lookout in 1942.

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassL 
PennantG 32 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered31 Mar 1938 
Laid down23 Nov 1938 
Launched4 Nov 1940 
Commissioned30 Jan 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 6 January 1948.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown, DSC, RN
21 October 1941 – 1 August 1942

Lt.Cdr. Archibald George Forman, RN
1 August 1942 – 20 March 1944
Promoted to Cdr on 31 December 1943

Lt.Cdr. Derrick Henry Fellowes Hetherington, DSC, RN
20 March 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Bar to DSC awarded on 23 March 1945

 

Commands listed for HMS Lookout (G 32)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown, DSC, RN21 Oct 19411 Aug 1942
2Lt.Cdr. Archibald George Forman, RN1 Aug 194220 Mar 1944
3Lt.Cdr. Derrick Henry Fellowes Hetherington, RN20 Mar 1944Oct 1945 ?

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