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HMS Obedient (G 48)

Destroyer of the O class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassO 
PennantG 48 
Built byWilliam Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) 
Ordered3 Sep, 1939 
Laid down22 May, 1940 
Launched30 Apr, 1942 
Commissioned30 Oct, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped at Blyth 19 October 1962.

Commanding Officers:

Lt.Cdr. David Charles Kinloch, RN
25 August 1942 – April 1943
DSO awarded on 16 March 1943

Lt.Cdr. Harold Unwin, DSC and Bar, RN
April 1943 – February 1945

Lt.Cdr. Henry Kirkwood, DSC and Bar, RN
February 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List  

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