Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Ocean boarding vessel |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | F 22 |
Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 17 Apr 1931 |
Commissioned | 25 Jan 1941 |
End service | |
History | Passenger / cargo vessel completed in August 1931. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in October 1940. Displacement: 7403 GRT. Dimensions: 129.3 x 17.1. Armament: 2 6" guns (2x1), 1 12pdr AA gun, 4 .303" MG AA (4x1). Speed: 14 knots. Became a headquarters ship in 1943. Returned to her owner in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Hilary (F 22)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Cdr. Trevor Lewis Owen, RD, RNR | 14 Oct 1940 | mid 1942 | |
2 | Capt. (retired) Sir James Francis Paget, RN | 1 May 1943 | 1 Mar 1945 | |
3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. E C Turner, RNR | 1 Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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