| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Tank landing ship |
| Class | LST (Mk 2) |
| Pennant | LST 238 |
| Built by | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. (Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 13 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 16 Jul 1943 |
| End service | 12 Feb 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned on 12 February 1946 and returned to the USN the next day. |
| Former name | USS LST 238 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 238 (LST 238)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Malcolm Cunningham, RNR | Feb 1944 | 8 Aug 1945 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Stanley Rodger Pearson, RNVR | 8 Aug 1945 | 12 Feb 1946 |
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Notable events involving LST 238 include:
22 Dec 1943
Convoy CJ 9A.
This convoy departed Calcutta on 22 December 1943.
It was made up of the following LST's; HMS LST 180 (?), HMS LST 215 (Cdr.(Retd.) G.H.F. Owles, RN), HMS LST 238 (?), USS LST 17 (Lt. H.B. Gallagher, USCGR), USS LST 21 (Cdr. T.W. Greene, USN), USS LST 25 (Lt. E.F. Macellus, USNR), USS LST 72 (Lt. J.A. Lombard, USNR), USS LST 73 (Lt. H.M. Crossan, USNR), USS LST 175 (Lt. E.J. Fitzgerald, USNR), USS LST 176 (Lt.(jg) J.A. Salt, USNR), USS LST 208 (Lt. A. Strickland, USNR) and USS LST 209 (Lt. F.T. Ratchford, USNR).
On departure from Calcutta the convoy was escorted by the minelayer HrMs Willem van der Zaan (Lt.Cdr. G.P. Küller, RNN) and the auxiliary patrol vessel HMIS Kalavati (T/Lt. S. Gill, RINR).
Around 0730FG/25, the convoy escort was reinforced when the destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Cdr. G.S. Stewart, RAN) joined.
The destroyer HMS Quality (Lt.Cdr. G.L. Farnfield, DSO, RN), which had been in company with HMAS Quiberon proceeded to Madras with HMS LST 180 and HMS LST 238 arriving there later on the 25th.
The convoy arrived at Colombo on 27 December 1943. (1)
23 Dec 1943
Around 1600FG/23, HMS Quality (Lt.Cdr. G.L. Farnfield, DSO, RN) departed Trincomalee for an A/S hunt off Madras as an enemy submarine had attacked convoy JC 30 and sunk a transport.
Around 1900FG/23, HMAS Quiberon (Cdr. G.S. Stewart, RAN) departed Trincomalee also for an A/S hunt off Madras.
The destroyers joined company around 1100FG/24. They abandoned the A/S hunt around 2300FG/24 to make rendezvous with and join the escort of convoy CJ 9A. HMAS Quiberon joined the convoy around 0730FG/25. HMS Quality arrived at Madras later the 25th escorting HMS LST 180 (?) and HMS LST 238 (?) which had been detached from the convoy.
[For more info on this convoy see the event 'Convoy CJ 9A ' for 22 December 1943.] (2)
Sources
- Report of proceedings of HMAS Quiberon for December 1943 + War diary of USS LST 21 for December 1943
- ADM 53/116830 + ADM 199/643 + Report of proceedings of HMAS Quiberon for December 1943
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.