Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Ocean boarding vessel |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | F 102 |
Built by | William Gray & Co. (Hartepool, U.K.) : Central Marine Engineering (West Hartepool, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 25 Feb 1937 |
Commissioned | 1 Jan 1941 |
Lost | 1 Jul 1941 |
Loss position | 47° 37'N, 19° 07'W |
History | Cargo (ref.) vessel completed in September 1937. Requisitioned by the Admiralty on 24 August 1940. Displacement: 3132 GRT. Dimensions: 105.4 x 15.3. Armament: 2 6" guns (2x1), 1 12pdr AA gun Speed: 14.5 knots. HMS Malvernian (Cdr. John William Baillie Robertson, RNR) was bombed and heavily damaged on 1 July 1941 by German aircraft in position 47°37'N, 19°07'W, 24 dead. The ship was abandoned. She was spotted drifting on 19 July 1941 and was then finally sunk. |
Commands listed for HMS Malvernian (F 102)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. John William Baillie Robertson, RNR | 17 Sep 1940 | 1 Jul 1941 |
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