HMS St. Helier (4.255)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	4.255
Mod	LSI(H)
Built by	John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	26 Mar 1925
Commissioned	Apr 1941
End service
History	Completed as passenger ship in June 1925. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1941(?) and converted to an LSI(H). Displacement: 1952 tons. Lenght: 292 feet Complement: 120 Machinery: 4 Boilers, 2 shafts, geared turbines, SHP 11000 = 22 knots. Armament: 6 20mm AA (6x1) Carried 6 LCA's and 180 troops Returned in 1945.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Tristram Anthony Pack-Beresford, RN	9 Feb 1941	1 Nov 1941
2	Lt. Guy Kennedy Horsey, RN	late 1941	12 Jun 1942
3	Lt.Cdr. (retired) Arthur William Bradfield, RNR	12 Jun 1942	6 Jun 1945
4	A/Lt.Cdr. (retired) Patrick Richards Brown, RD, RNR	6 Jun 1945	mid 1945

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