Allied Warships

HMS Atherstone (L 05)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type I) class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Escort destroyer
Class	Hunt (Type I)
Pennant	L 05
Built by	Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.)
Ordered
Laid down	8 Jun 1939
Launched	12 Dec 1939
Commissioned	23 Mar 1940
End service
Loss position

History	Sold to be broken up for scrap on 23 November 1957. Scrapped at post Glasgow on 25 November 1957. Battle Honours; English Channel 1940 – 1942 St Nazaire 1942 North Sea 1942 – 1943 Atlantic 1943 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Mediterranean 1943 South of France 1944 Adriatic 1944 Commanding Officers: Cdr. Hugh Waters Shelley Browning, RN 12 February 1940 – ca. October 1940. HMS Atherstone in Dockyard Control during repairs. Lt.Cdr. Robert Fergus Jenks, RN 2 December 1940 – April 1942 A/Lt.Cdr. Ernest Norman Wood, DSC, RNVR April 1942 – 20 March 1944 Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 6 July 1943 Lt. Eric Ian Pilditch, RN 20 March 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

Commands listed for HMS Atherstone (L 05)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Hugh Waters Shelley Browning, RN	12 Feb 1940	Oct 1940 ?

2	Lt.Cdr. Robert Fergus Jenks, RN	2 Dec 1940	Apr 1942
3	Lt. Ernest Norman Wood, DSC, RNVR	Apr 1942	20 Mar 1944
4	Lt. Eric Ian Pilditch, DSC, RN	20 Mar 1944	15 Feb 1946

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