Allied Warships

HMS Blighty (FY 505)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 505 
Built byGoole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned 1940 
End service 
History

Completed in November 1919.
Taken over by the Admiralty in 1940.
Displacement: 325 tons.

Transferred to the Polish Navy on 25 May 1944.

 
Career notesTransferred to the Polish Navy on 25 May 1944.

Commands listed for HMS Blighty (FY 505)

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. Percy Robert Smith Besford, RNR10 Jul 194016 Oct 1940
2T/Lt. Harold Shaw, RNVR16 Oct 194014 Feb 1941
3A/Skr.Lt. Arthur Abel Leggett, RNR14 Feb 194126 Nov 1941
4T/S.Lt. Peter Eric Lee, RNVR26 Nov 1941late 1943
5T/Lt. Norman Thomas Paine, RNVRlate 1943early 1944

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