Allied Warships

HMS Lois (FY 781)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 781 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched30 Jan 1917 
CommissionedFeb 1940 
End service 
History

Completed on 25 May 1917.
Taken over by the Admiralty in February 1940.
Displacement: 286 tons.

Returned to her owner in November 1945.
Wrecked near Grindavik, south-west Iceland on 5 January 1947.

 

Commands listed for HMS Lois (FY 781)

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

CommanderFromTo
1Charles Arthur Evans, RNR30 Jun 1940

2T/S.Lt. James Mitchell Renton, RNVR15 Apr 194130 May 1941
3Skr. Jeffery Sanders James, RNR30 May 194128 Feb 1942
4T/Lt. Hallam McDairmid, RNVR28 Feb 19427 Jul 1942
5T/Skr. George Dean Barker, RNR7 Jul 19429 May 1943
6T/Skr. William Henry McCormick, RNR9 May 194316 Dec 1943
7T/Skr. John Thomas Codd, RNR16 Dec 194326 Sep 1944
8J H Gibbs, RNR26 Sep 1944late 1944

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.


Return to the Allied Warships section