Allied Warships

HMS Volage (R 41)

Destroyer of the V class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	V
Pennant	R 41
Built by	J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.)
Ordered	1 Sep 1941
Laid down	31 Dec 1942
Launched	15 Dec 1943
Commissioned	26 May 1944
End service
History	Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1952-1953. Scrapped in 1965.

Commands listed for HMS Volage (R 41)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Lawrence George Durlacher, OBE, RN	23 Mar 1944	Aug 1945
2	Cdr. Reginald Trevor Paul, RN	Aug 1945	late 1946

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Notable events involving Volage include:

30 Jun 1944
HMS Supreme (Lt. T.E. Barlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises with HMS Volage (Cdr. L.G. Durlacher, OBE, RN). (1)

21 Nov 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off Scapa Flow with HMS Volage (Cdr. L.G. Durlacher, OBE, RN) and HMS Oribi (Lt. D.M. Vaughan-Hughes, RN) (2)

10 Feb 1945
HMS Terrapin (Lt. R.H.H. Brunner, RN) participated in A/S excercises off Trincomalee together with HMS Volage (Cdr. L.G. Durlacher, OBE, RN) and HMS Vigilant (Lt.Cdr. L.W.L. Argles, RN). (3)