Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 17 Jan 1938 |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
Lost | 20 Feb 1940 |
Loss position | 59° 00'N, 0° 25'E |
History | Built in June 1938. HMT Fifeshire (S.Lt. John Valentine Searles-Wood, RN) was sunk by German aircraft east off Copinsay Island, Scotland in position 59º00'N, 00º25'E. |
Commands listed for HMS Fifeshire
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. John Dunbar Fowler, RNR | 6 Nov 1939 | 1 Jan 1940 |
2 | S.Lt. John Valentine Searles-Wood, RN | 1 Jan 1940 | 20 Feb 1940 (+) |
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