Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 672 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 30 Oct 1928 |
Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed in January 1929. Became a danlayer in April 1944. |
Commands listed for HMS Lord Melchett (FY 672)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Skr. Robert Clarence Taylor, RNR | 22 Oct 1939 | 12 Sep 1940 | |
2 | T/Lt. John Adhemar Simson, DSC, RNVR | 15 Jan 1941 | 4 Apr 1941 | |
3 | T/Lt. Michael Alan Anthony Chodzko, RNVR | 4 Apr 1941 | mid 1941 | |
4 | T/S.Lt. Cecil Postlethwaite Inman, RNVR | mid 1941 | 21 Jan 1942 | |
5 | T/Lt. Henry Leon Watkins, RNVR | 21 Jan 1942 | 5 Sep 1942 | |
6 | A/Skr.Lt. John Clements Ross, DSC, RNR | 5 Sep 1942 | 24 Jul 1943 | |
7 | T/Lt. John Graham Tait, RNVR | 24 Jul 1943 | late 1945 |
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