Allied Warships

HMS Falk (FY 789)

ASW Whaler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Whaler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 789 
Built byFramnæs mekaniske Værksted (Sandefjord, Norway) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedMar 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in September 1937.
Norwegian whaler of A/S Ornen (Thor Dahl), Sandefjord, Norway taken over by the Admiralty in November 1940.
Displacement: 305 tons.

Returned to owner in October 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Falk (FY 789)

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CommanderFromTo
1A/S.Lt. Neville Harold Mangnall, RNVRMar 194127 May 1941
2Lt. Henry Scott Upperton, RNR27 May 1941mid 1941
3S.Lt. Neville Harold Mangnall, RNVRmid 194215 Jan 1943
4T/Lt. William Metcalfe, RNVR15 Jan 194325 Jun 1944
5T/Lt. Alan Richard Arthur Marshall, RNVR25 Jun 1944early 1946

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