Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Rescue Tug |
Class | Assurance |
Pennant | W 112 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 23 Dec 1941 |
Launched | 16 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 9 Oct 1942 |
End service | |
History | HMRT Griper sold to the Singapore Harbour Board in December 1946. Griper was renamed Surabaja in 1962. |
We don't have any commands listed for HMS Griper (W 112)
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Notable events involving Griper include:
12 Mar 1944
HMS Stubborn (Lt. A.A. Duff, DSC, RN) departed Holy Loch for Plymouth in tow of HMS Griper. (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18858
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.