HMS Wolfe (F 37)

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Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Armed Merchant Cruiser
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	F 37
Built by	John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	3 Jul 1920
Commissioned	10 Jan 1940
End service	Nov 1941
History	On 25 August 1939 the passenger ship Montcalm of the Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd, Montreal was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser being renamed HMS Wolfe. Conversion was completed on 10 January 1940. Displacement: 16418 BRT Armament: 7x 152mm, 2x 76mm Speed: 17 knots Career: January 40 - October 40: Northern Patrol November 40 - February 41: Northern and Western Patrol March 41 - April 41: Bermuda and Halifax Escort Force May 41 - October 41: North Atlantic Escort Force In November 1941 returned and used as troopship by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In January 1942 sold to the Admiralty and converted to a submarine depot ship until 22 May 1942. In January 1943 converted to a destroyer depot ship. 1946-47 flagship of the 1st Submarine flotilla. 1949 decommissioned and scrapped in 1952.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. (retired) Charles Geoffrey Coleridge Sumner, OBE, RN	10 Nov 1939	1 Jul 1940
2	A/Capt. (retired) William Gabbett Ashton Shuttleworth, RN	1 Jul 1940	Nov 1941

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