Allied Warships

HMS Etruscan (FY 854)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 854 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched18 Oct 1913 
CommissionedJun 1940 
End service 
History

Completed on 1 January 1914.
Taken over by the Admiralty in June 1940.
Displacement: 202 tons.

Became a Fuel Carrier in April 1944.
Went missing in late November 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS Etruscan (FY 854)

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CommanderFromTo
1F E Willis, RNR14 Feb 19403 Jul 1940
2T/Skr. James Melling Peglar, RNR3 Jul 194015 Jan 1941
3T/Lt. Edward George Anthony Bell, RNVR15 Jan 1941late 1943
4T/Lt. Gilbert Wilkes, RNVRlate 1943early 1944

5T/A/Ch.Skr. Harry Clark, RNR24 May 1944late 1944

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