Allied Warships

HMS Contest (R 12)

Destroyer of the Co class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassCo 
PennantR 12 
Built byJ.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered12 Aug 1942 
Laid downNov 1943 
Launched16 Dec 1944 
Commissioned9 Nov 1945 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Grays on 2 February 1960  

Commands listed for HMS Contest (R 12)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Isaac William Trant Beloe, DSC, RN3 Sep 1945Oct 1945 ?

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British destroyers & frigates

Norman Friedman


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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