Allied Warships

HMS Empire Anvil (F 184)

Landing Ship Infantry of the Empire Battleaxe class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLanding Ship Infantry
ClassEmpire Battleaxe 
PennantF 184 
ModLSI(L) 
Built byConsolidated Steel (Wilmington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched14 Oct 1943 
Commissioned 1945 
End service 
HistoryCompleted as Empire Anvil for the MoWT in January 1944.
Converted to an LSI(L) in late 1944.
Renamed HMS Rocksand upon completion in early 1945. 

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1Cdr. (retired) Hardress Waller D'Arcy-Evans, RNJan 1945mid 1946

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