Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Anti-Aircraft ship |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | 4.237 |
Mod | Coastal |
Built by | Thornycroft (Woolston, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 1906 |
Commissioned | 12 Mar 1940 |
End service | |
History | Passenger ship completed in June 1906. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1939. Displacement: 428 GRT. Dimensions: 59.6 x 7.7. Armament: 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 8 0.5" MG AA (2x4), 4 3" rocket launhers (1x4). Speed: 15.25 knots. Harbour service as of 1943. Renamed Bunting in 1944. Returned to her owner and renamed Emperor of India in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Emperor of India (4.237)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Charles Clifford Matthews Pawley, RNR | 9 Dec 1939 | 23 Jul 1940 |
2 | T/Lt.Cdr. Bernard Ralph Booth, RNR | 23 Jul 1940 | 2 Jun 1941 |
3 | T/Lt. John Malcolm Cunningham, RNR | 2 Jun 1941 | mid 1943 |
4 | T/Lt. Percy Raymund Stevens, RIN | mid 1943 | 3 Sep 1943 |
5 | Cdr. (retired) Leonard Ernest Pearson, DSC, RN | 3 Sep 1943 | early 1945 |
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