Allied Warships

HMS Oku (FY 660)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 660 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched3 Oct 1929 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
History

Completed in October 1929.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 303 tons.

Returned to her owner in February 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS Oku (FY 660)

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. David Ralph, RNR8 Nov 193912 Aug 1940
2T/Skr. William Edward Burrows, RNR12 Aug 19404 Apr 1941
3Lt.Cdr. Frederick George Rogers, RD, RNR4 Apr 194128 Nov 1941
4T/Lt. John Fleming Linn, RNVR28 Nov 1941early 1943
5T/Lt. Kenneth William Lee, RNVRearly 194330 Jun 1943
6Charles William Wesley Gill, RNVR30 Jun 194317 Nov 1943
7T/Lt. Robert Cecil Butterfield, RNVR17 Nov 1943early 1945

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