Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Ch |
Pennant | R 51 |
Built by | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
Ordered | 24 Jul 1942 |
Laid down | 18 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 23 Feb 1944 |
Commissioned | 23 Aug 1945 |
End service | |
History | Scrapped at Inverkeithing in December 1969 |
Commands listed for HMS Chevron (R 51)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, DSC, RN | 19 Jan 1945 |
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Notable events involving Chevron include:
18 Jun 1945
HMS Sea Devil (Lt. D.W. Mills, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with Chevron (Lt.Cdr. J.F.D. Bush, DSC and 2 Bars, RN).
[Note: this destroyer had not been commissioned as of this date, she had completed construction but was not yet fitted with the new type of control tower due to delays. It had been decided to partially work-up the ship before the control tower was fitted.] (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19596
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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