Allied Warships

HMS Bagshot (J 57)

Minesweeper of the Hunt class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Hunt
Pennant	J 57
Built by	Ardrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Scotland) : Allen
Ordered
Laid down	6 Nov 1917
Launched	23 May 1918
Commissioned	1 May 1919
End service
History	HMS Bagshot is not listed as active unit in the April 1945 Navy List Became a depot ship on 1 April 1945 being renamed Medway II. Reverted back to her original name on 28 February 1946. Sold and became merchantile (with the same name) in 1949. Mined, while in tow, off Corfu on 1 September 1951.

Commands listed for HMS Bagshot (J 57)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. John Fitzhardinge Berkeley Gage, RNVR	19 Aug 1939	4 Sep 1941
2	Lt.Cdr. (retired) Dennis Noel Venables, RN	4 Sep 1941	Oct 1942
3	A/Lt.Cdr. Edgar Asquith Vittle, RNR	Oct 1942	May 1943
4	Lt. Charles Laurence Carroll, DSC, RNR	May 1943	25 Aug 1943
5	T/Lt. Reginald Michael Thorne, RNR	25 Aug 1943	early 1945

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