Allied Warships

HMS Kos XI (FY 680)

MS Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Whaler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 680 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched20 Apr 1932 
CommissionedMay 1941 
End service 
History

Norwegian whaler of Hvalfangerselskap Kosmos A/S (Anders Jahre), Sandefjord, Norway taken over by the Admiralty in November 1940.
Displacement: 258 tons.

Renamend HMS Full Moon in September 1941.
Returned to owner in May 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Kos XI (FY 680)

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

CommanderFromTo
1T/A/S.Lt. Henry Robert Jackson, RNVR17 Jul 1943Dec 1943
2G P Bonner, RNVRDec 1943mid 1945

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.


Return to the Allied Warships section