Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 163 |
Built by | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. (Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 10 Aug 1942 |
Launched | 4 Feb 1943 |
Commissioned | 1 Apr 1943 |
End service | 15 Feb 1946 |
History | Decommissioned on 15 February 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 163 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 163 (LST 163)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Sidney Norbury, RNR | Jul 1943 | 28 Mar 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. Francis Edwin Trout, RNR | 28 Mar 1944 | 27 Sep 1944 |
3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert William Newton, RNR | 27 Sep 1944 | mid 1945 |
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