HMS Montclare (F 85)

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Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Armed Merchant Cruiser
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	F 85
Built by	John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	18 Dec 1921
Commissioned	15 Oct 1939
End service	2 Jun 1942
History	On 28 August 1939 the passenger ship Montclare of the Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd, Montreal was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was completed on 15 October 1939. Displacement: 16314 BRT Armament: 7x 140mm, 3x 102mm Speed: 17 knots Career: October 39: South Atlantic Station November 39 - May 40: Northern Patrol June 40: Western Approaches Command July 40 - April 41: Bermuda and Halifax Escort Force May 41 - December 41: North Atlantic Escort Force March 42 - April 42: Western Patrol May 42: Plymouth Command On 2 June 1942 sold to the Admiralty and converted to a submarine depot ship for the 3rd Submarine flotilla. 1954 decommissioned and in January 1958 sold for scrap at Inverkeithing.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. (retired) Herbert Malcolm Spreckley, RN	2 Sep 1939	25 Aug 1941
2	Capt. (retired) Lawrence Hodson Bayley, RN	25 Aug 1941	17 Apr 1942
3	Cdr. (retired) William Richmond Fell, DSC, OBE, RN	17 Apr 1942	ca Jun 42

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