HMS Alaunia (F 17)

HMS Alaunia as seen after the conversion to a repair ship

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Repair Ship
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	F 17
Built by	John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	7 Feb 1925
Commissioned	21 Aug 1945
End service
History	On 25 August 1939 the passenger ship Alaunia of the Cunard White Star Ltd., Liverpool was requisitioned by the Admiralty for conversion to an armed merchant cruiser. She served as armed merchant cruiser until 17 May 1944, when she was decomissioned and placed in dockyard control for conversion to repair ship. Recomissioned as repair ship on 21 August 1945. Sold for scrap in 1957 and subsequently scrapped at Blyth arriving there on 10 September 1957.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Herbert John Anchor, OBE, RNR	17 Jul 1945	Apr 1946 (1)

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This page, displaying the wartime history of HMS Alaunia [as repair ship] was created in December 2024.

21 Aug 1945
At 1200A/21, HMS Alaunia (Capt. H.J. Anchor, OBE, RNR) is recommissioned as repair ship at the Devonport Dockyard. (2)

17 Sep 1945
HMS Alaunia (Capt. H.J. Anchor, OBE, RNR) conducted D/G trials off Plymouth. (3)

19 Sep 1945
HMS Alaunia (Capt. H.J. Anchor, OBE, RNR) conducted speed trials on the measured mile off Plymouth. (3)

28 Sep 1945
HMS Alaunia (Capt. H.J. Anchor, OBE, RNR) conducted D/G trials off Plymouth.

She remained at Plymouth until 8 October when she left for the Far East. (3)

Sources

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.

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