Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | MS Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 564 |
Built by | J.P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd. (South Shields, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 19 Nov 1918 |
Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed on 20 January 1919. Returned to her owner in April 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Milford Countess (FY 564)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Ch.Skr. Peter David Polson, RD, RNR | 25 Aug 1939 | 17 Feb 1940 |
2 | T/Skr. Edward Ward Oxborough, RNR | 17 Feb 1940 | 31 Dec 1940 |
3 | T/A/S.Lt. Raymond Henry Vallings, RNR | 31 Dec 1940 | Dec 1941 |
4 | T/Lt. Harry Leslie Watts, RNVR | Dec 1941 | early 1942 |
5 | T/S.Lt. Raymond Henry Vallings, RNR | early 1942 | Jul 1942 |
6 | E G Staples, RNR | Jul 1942 | 29 Jun 1943 |
7 | W H Porter, RNR | 29 Jun 1943 | late 1943 |
8 | T/Lt. Raymond Henry Vallings, RNR | late 1943 | 18 Feb 1944 |
9 | T/Lt. Donald Francis Fell, RNVR | 18 Feb 1944 | mid 1944 |
10 | T/S.Lt. Walter Eden-Smith, RNVR | mid 1944 | Dec 1944 |
11 | W H Porter, RNR | Dec 1944 | early 1945 |
12 | T/S.Lt. Walter Eden-Smith, RNVR | early 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Milford Countess include:
11 Feb 1941
HMS Decoy (Cdr. E.G. McGregor, DSO, RN) departed Tobruk for Benghazi escorting the auxiliary M/S trawlers HMS Arthur Cavanagh (Skr. T.W. Kirby, RNR) and HMS Milford Countess (T/A/S.Lt. R.H. Vallings, RNR). At Benghazi the harbour had to be cleared of mines.