Allied Warships

HMS Arnold Bennett (FY 1939)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1939 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched31 May 1930 
Commissioned 1941 
End service 
History

Completed in July 1930.
Taken over by the Admiralty in 1941.
Displacement: 374 tons.
Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun.

Returned to her owner in July 1945.
Scrapped at Charlestown on 22 May 1955.

 

Commands listed for HMS Arnold Bennett (FY 1939)

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CommanderFromTo
1R W Millender, RNR17 Nov 193927 Jun 1941
2T/Skr. William John Henry Smith, RNR27 Jun 1941early 1945

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