Allied Warships

HMS Racehorse (H 11)

Destroyer of the R class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassR 
PennantH 11 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
OrderedMay 1940 
Laid down25 Jun 1941 
Launched1 Jun 1942 
Commissioned30 Oct 1942 
End service 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 8 December 1949.
Scrapped at Troon.

 

Commands listed for HMS Racehorse (H 11)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Anthony Frank Burnell-Nugent, DSC, RN15 Sep 19425 Dec 1943
2Cdr. Julius John Casement, DSC, RN5 Dec 19438 Aug 1945
3Cdr. George Emery Fardell, RN8 Aug 19457 Nov 1945

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