Allied Warships

HMS General Botha (FY 599)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 599 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched4 Jul 1916 
Commissioned 1940 
End service 
History

Completed in November 1916.
Taken over by the Admiralty in June or July 1940.
Displacement: 245 tons.

Returned to her owner in November 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS General Botha (FY 599)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Charles Cox Vacher, RNVR6 Dec 194019 May 1941
2T/Lt. Edwin Alfred Charles Phillips, RNR19 May 194127 Sep 1941
3Lt. Alexander Henderson Diack, DSC, RN27 Sep 194126 Feb 1942
4Lt. Charles Ranson Clark, RNR26 Feb 1942mid 1942
5T/Lt. Quinton Howard Winch, RNVRmid 194221 Jul 1942
6Lt. David Arthur Pochon, RN21 Jul 19426 Jan 1943
7T/A/Lt.Cdr. Percy David Baker, RNVR6 Jan 194330 Jul 1943
8T/Lt. Maurice John Driver, RNVR30 Jul 1943mid 1945

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