Allied Warships

HMS Valena (FY 028)

Armed Yacht

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeArmed Yacht
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 028 
Built byFleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland)  
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched5 Mar 1908 
Commissioned1 Nov 1939 
End service 
History

Displacement: 913 tons.
Purchased by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Served in A/S role.

Returned in 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS Valena (FY 028)

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CommanderFromTo
1W H Poole, RN29 Aug 193928 Oct 1940
2Lt.Cdr. Alfred Francis Colenso Gray, RNR28 Oct 19404 Mar 1942
3Lt.Cdr. Ernest Gleave, RNR4 Mar 1942mid 1943
4A McKinlay, RNRmid 194315 Sep 1944
5H Trefusis, RNVR15 Sep 19445 Jan 1945
6K J Gordon, RNVR5 Jan 1945late 1945

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