Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor Gun Boat |
Class | Fairmile D |
Pennant | MGB 643 |
Mod | Motor Gun Boat |
Built by | Woodnutt & Co. Ltd. (St. Helens, Isle of Wight, England, U.K.) |
Ordered | 18 Nov 1941 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 22 Dec 1942 |
Lost | 30 Jan 1946 |
History | Foundered en route from Malta to Alexandria on 30 January 1946 |
Commands listed for HMS MGB 643 (MGB 643)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Geoffrey Malvern Hobday, RNVR | 21 Oct 1942 | 28 May 1944 |
2 | D G E Bird, RNVR | 28 May 1944 | 5 Feb 1945 |
3 | D G T Hill, RNVR | 5 Feb 1945 | mid 1945 |
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