Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | F 42 |
Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 9 Apr 1921 |
Commissioned | 6 Jan 1940 |
End service | 1 Oct 1941 |
History | On 5 September 1939 the passenger ship Laconia of the Cunard White Star Ltd, Liverpool was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was completed on 6 January 1940. Displacement: 19695 BRT Career: On 1 October 1941 returned and used as troopship by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Hit by U-boat |
U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Laconia |
Commands listed for HMS Laconia (F 42)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Capt. (retired) Gilbert George Pearse Hewett, RN | 15 Nov 1939 | 30 Sep 1941 |
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