Allied Warships

HMS Milford Earl

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
Pennant 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched2 Jun 1919 
CommissionedAug 1939 
Lost8 Dec 1941 
History

Completed on 9 December 1919.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 290 tons.

HMT Milford Earl (T/Lt. John Stewart Neate, RNVR) was sunk by German aircraft on the east coast of Scotland on 8 December 1941 (5 dead).

 

Commands listed for HMS Milford Earl

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. David Ralph, RNR29 Aug 19398 Feb 1940
2T/Skr. Benjamin Nicholson, RNR8 Feb 194012 Jun 1940
3T/Skr. Alfred Henry Britton, RNR12 Jun 194010 Dec 1940
4T/Lt John Stuart Neate, RNVR10 Dec 19408 Dec 1941 (+)

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