Allied Warships

HMS Heather (K 69)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 69 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered19 Sep 1939 
Laid down22 May 1940 
Launched17 Sep 1940 
Commissioned1 Nov 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 22 May 1947 and scrapped at Grays.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson, RN (retired)
15 October 1940 – May 1942
Promoted to Cdr. on ???
OBE 1 July 1941

T/Lt. William Leslie Turner, RNR
May 1942 – 3 March 1945
Promoted to T/A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on 8 June 1944

Lt. Ernest Maitland Quarrie, RNR
3 March 1945 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Heather is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Heather (K 69)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. (retired) James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson, RN15 Oct 1940May 1942
2T/Lt. William Leslie Turner, RNRMay 19423 Mar 1945
3Lt. Ernest Maitland Quarrie, RNR3 Mar 1945Apr 1945 ?

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