Allied Warships

HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (4.238)

Landing Ship Infantry

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	4.238
Mod	LSI(S)
Built by	Cockerill (Hoboken, Belgium)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	28 Jun 1930
Commissioned	1941
End service
History	Completed as passenger ship Prinses Josephine Charlotte in January 1931. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 28 September 1940 and converted to an LSI(S). Displacement: 2950 tons. Lenght: 360 feet Complement: 207 Machinery: 6 Boilers, 2 shafts, geared steam turbines, SHP 15400 = 24 knots. Armament: 2 12pdr AA guns (2x1), 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 6 20mm AA (6x1) Carried 8 LCA's/LCS(M)'s or LCP(L)'s and 250 troops Returned on 25 October 1945 Sold for scrap to L. Engelen on 26 November 1950

Commands listed for HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte (4.238)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Stuart Erskine Crewe-Read, RN	10 Jan 1941	3 Oct 1942
2	Cdr. Arthur Ian Robertson, RNR	3 Oct 1942	mid 1943
3	Lt. John Evelyn Bromley, RNR	mid 1943	late 1945

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