Allied Warships

HMS St. Achilleus (FY 152)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 152 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched11 Oct 1934 
CommissionedOct 1939 
Lost31 May 1940 
History

Completed on 5 December 1934
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 484 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

HMT St. Achilleus (T/Lt. Harry Alfred Gellet, RNVR) was mined off Dunkirk, France on 31 May 1940.

 

Commands listed for HMS St. Achilleus (FY 152)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. (retired) Maurice Arthur Brind, RN2 Oct 19399 Oct 1939
2Skr. Charles Hodson, RNR16 Oct 193917 Apr 1940
3T/Lt. Harry Alfred Gellet, RNVR17 Apr 194031 May 1940

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