Allied Warships

HMS Bath (I 17)

Destroyer of the Town class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassTown 
PennantI 17 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Jan 1918 
Launched8 Jun 1918 
Commissioned23 Sep 1940 
End service9 Jan 1941 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy 9 January 1941.

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. Arthur Vernon Hemming, RN (retired)
23 September 1940 – 9 January 1941

 
Former nameUSS Hopewell (DD 181)
Career notesto Norway as HNoMS Bath (I 17)

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1Cdr. (retired) Arthur Vernon Hemming, RN23 Sep 19409 Jan 1941

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