Allied Warships

HMS Liberia (FY 1826)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1826 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched9 Jun 1906 
Commissioned16 Aug 1940 
End service 
History

Completed in August 1906.
Taken over by the Admiralty on 16 August 1940.
Displacement: 250 tons.
Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun, 2 .5" AA (1x2), 2 MG AA (2x1).

Returned to her owner in July 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Liberia (FY 1826)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Skr. Thomas Fisher Bunce, RNR20 Dec 194028 May 1941
2T/Lt. Charles Edward Ross, RNVR28 May 19419 Mar 1942
3T/Lt. William Geoffrey Hewett, DSC, RNVR9 Mar 194230 May 1942
4T/Lt. Robert Ninian Lowes, RNVR30 May 19429 Jan 1943
5T/Lt. Edward Harwood Batt, RNVR9 Jan 1943mid 1944

6T/Lt. Robert Edward Cotton, RNVR27 Jan 1945mid 1945

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