Allied Warships

HMS Libra (i) (FY)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 
Built by 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedJun 1940 
End service 
History

Built in 1912.
Taken over by the Admiralty in June 1940.
Displacement: 211 tons.

Renamed Tocsin in December 1940.
Became a fuel carrier in March 1944.

 

Commands listed for HMS Libra (i) (FY)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Skr. Robert Aughton, RNR17 Jul 1940mid/late41

2T/Skr. William Stanley Dosdale, RNRDec 194128 Aug 1943
3T/Skr. Henry Arthur Catchpole, RNR28 Aug 1943early 1944

4T/Skr. John Cordiner Taylor, RNR14 Apr 1944mid 1944

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