Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | Isles |
Pennant | T 355 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) : Amos & Smith |
Ordered | 21 Oct 1942 |
Laid down | 24 Apr 1943 |
Launched | 19 Jul 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 Nov 1943 |
End service | |
History | Sold in 1946 and became the merchantile Gillstone Almirante was sunk as an artificial reef in 135 feet of water off Miami, Florida, USA in April of 1974. (Source: AquaExplorers.com - Florida East Coast wrecks). |
Commands listed for HMS Gillstone (T 355)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. George Robert Clews, RNVR | 13 Nov 1943 | 14 Jan 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. Gordon Hibbs, DSC, RNVR | 14 Jan 1944 | mid 1945 |
3 | T/Lt. Kenneth Neale Fairclough, RNVR | mid 1945 |
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