Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Armed boarding vessel |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | |
Built by | Ferguson Bros. Ltd. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 13 Nov 1929 |
Commissioned | 1939 |
End service | |
History | Research vessel completed in November 1929. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in November 1939. Displacement: 1036 GRT. Dimensions: 67.4 x 11 feet. Armament: 1 12 pdr AA Speed: 12.5 knots. Returned to her owner in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Discovery II
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Penrose Owen Davis, RD, RNR | Nov 1939 | early 1942 |
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