Allied Warships

HMS Wakeful (ii) (R 59)

Destroyer of the W class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	W
Pennant	R 59
Built by	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland)
Ordered	Dec 1941
Laid down	3 Jun 1942
Launched	30 Jun 1943
Commissioned	17 Feb 1944
End service
History	Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1952-1953. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in July 1971.
Former name	HMS Zebra

Commands listed for HMS Wakeful (ii) (R 59)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. George Dudley Pound, DSC, RN	17 Jan 1944

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Notable events involving Wakeful (ii) include:

23 Mar 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Meteor (Lt.Cdr. D.J.B. Jewitt, RN), HMS Wakeful (Lt.Cdr. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN), HMS Milne (Capt. I.M.R. Campbell, DSO, RN) and HMS Opportune (Cdr. J. Lee-Barber, DSO and Bar, RN). (1)

26 Mar 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Javelin (Lt.Cdr. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN), HMS Wakeful (Lt.Cdr. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN) and HMCS Sioux (A/Lt.Cdr. E.E.G. Boak, RCN). (1)

21 May 1945
HMS Vox (Lt. W.E.I. Littlejohn, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Sydney with HMS Wakeful (Lt.Cdr. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN). (2)

28 May 1945
HMS Vox (Lt. W.E.I. Littlejohn, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Sydney with HMS Wakeful (Lt.Cdr. G.D. Pound, DSC, RN). (2)