Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 605 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 11 Sep 1930 |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed on 14 October 1930. Became a Wreck Dispersal Vessel in 1944. Scrapped at Antwerp, Belgium on 17 July 1955. |
Commands listed for HMS Burke (FY 605)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Skr. Ernest Percy Tucker, RNR | 19 Nov 1939 | 17 Jul 1940 | |
2 | Skr. Charles Ernest Bell, RNR | 17 Jul 1940 | 17 Jul 1941 | |
3 | T/Skr. William Taylor Ritchie, DSC, RNR | 17 Jul 1941 | early 1944 | |
4 | T/Lt. Sidney Samuel Bell, RNVR | 4 Apr 1944 | mid 1945 | |
5 | T/S.Lt. George Edward White, RNVR | mid 1945 | late 1945 |
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