Allied Warships

HMS Myngs (R 06)

Destroyer of the Z class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassZ 
PennantR 06 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons 
Ordered12 Feb 1942 
Laid down27 May 1942 
Launched31 May 1943 
Commissioned23 Jun 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to Egypt in 1955 being renamed El Qahar.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Charles Wickham Malins, DSC and Bar, RN
13 March 1944 - 9 July 1944

Capt. Manley Lawrence Power, CBE, RN
9 July 1944 - 17 November 1944
DSO awarded on 10 November 1944

Capt. Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet, DSC, RN
17 November 1944 - 11 July 1945

Capt. John Hamilton Allison, DSO, RN
11 July 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Myngs (R 06)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Charles Wickham Malins, DSC, DSO, RN13 Mar 1944

2Capt. Manley Lawrence Power, OBE, RN9 Jul 194417 Nov 1944
3Capt. Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet, DSC, RN17 Nov 194411 Jul 1945
4Capt. John Hamilton Allison, DSO, RN11 Jul 1945Oct 1945 ?

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