Allied Warships

HMS Kilkenzie (Z 08)

Patrol vessel of the Kil class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Patrol vessel
Class	Kil
Pennant	Z 08
Built by	Pullman Standard Car Co. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
Ordered	10 May 1942
Laid down	12 Mar 1943
Launched	19 Aug 1943
Commissioned	20 Oct 1943
End service
History	Laid up in reserve in July 1945 at Sheerness, England. Returned to the U.S.N. on 10 December 1946. Sold to the Armand Pittman Co. in December 1946. Sold in 1948 to Giertsen and Co., Bergen, Norway and converted to a cargo ship being renamed M/S Nadodd. Sold in 1952 to Southern Lines Ltd. in the Phillipines and renamed General Wright. Sold in 1967 to the Sweet Line, Philippines and renamed Sweet Sail. Scrapped at Manila in April 1978.
Former name	USS PCE 834

Commands listed for HMS Kilkenzie (Z 08)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Barry Cross Sheen, RNVR	Nov 1943

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