Allied Warships

HMS Dorinda (FY 623)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 623 
Built byDundee Shipbuilding Co. (Dundee, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched23 Nov 1916 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
History

Completed in February 1917.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 270 tons.
Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun.

Returned to her owner in November 1945.
Scrapped in 1956.

 

Commands listed for HMS Dorinda (FY 623)

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CommanderFromTo
1Ch.Skr. John Stanley Higgs, DSC, RD, RNR8 Dec 1939mid 1941

2Skr.Lt. John Stanley Higgs, DSC, RD, RNR1 Oct 19414 Feb 1944
3F D Taylor, RNR4 Feb 1944mid 1945

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