Allied Warships

HMS Princess Beatrix (4.44)

Landing Ship Infantry

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	4.44
Built by	Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (Vlissingen (Flushing), The Netherlands)
Ordered
Laid down	7 May 1938
Launched	25 Mar 1939
Commissioned	14 Jan 1941
End service
Loss position

History	Completed as passenger ship Prinses Beatrix on 3 July 1939. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in August 1940 and converted to an LSI(M). Displacement: 4136 tons. Lenght: 380 feet Complement: 227 Machinery: 2 Shafts, Diesel engines, BHP 12700 = 23 knots. Armament: 2 12pdr AA guns (2x1), 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 6 20mm AA (6x1) Carried 2 LCM's, 6 LCA's or LCS(M)'s and 372 troops Returned in April 1946.

Commands listed for HMS Princess Beatrix (4.44)

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	Commander	From	To
1	A/Cdr. Thomas Bennett Brunton, RN	19 Nov 1940	early 1944
2	A/Lt.Cdr. John Fulcher Coleman, RNR	early 1944	mid 1944
3	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Downes King, RNR	mid 1944	8 Mar 1945
4	A/Cdr. Joseph Stretch, RD, RNR	8 Mar 1945	27 Sep 1945
5	Cdr. (retired) Benjamin Evans, DSC, RNR	27 Sep 1945	early 1946

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