Allied Warships

HMS Rocket (H 92)

Destroyer of the R class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassR 
PennantH 92 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
OrderedMay 1940 
Laid down14 Mar 1941 
Launched28 Oct 1942 
Commissioned4 Aug 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1949-1951.

Scrapped at Dalmuir in March 1967.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Herbert Bernard Acworth, OBE, RN
7 June 1943 - ??? (after July 1945)

Lt.Cdr. Brian Mortimer Duncan I’Anson, RN
??? (after July 1945) - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Rocket (H 92)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Herbert Bernard Acworth, OBE, RN7 Jun 1943> Jul 1945
2Lt.Cdr. Brian Mortimer Duncan I'Anson, RN> Jul 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Rocket include:


29 Nov 1943
The German submarine U-86 was sunk east of the Azores, in position 40º52'N, 18º54'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Tumult (Lt.Cdr. N. Lanyon, RN) and HMS Rocket (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Ackworth, OBE, RN). (see map)

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