Allied Warships

HMS Monnow (K 441)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 441 
Built byCharles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Sep 1943 
Launched4 Dec 1943 
Commissioned11 May 1944 
End service3 Aug 1944 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 3 August 1944.
Returned to the Royal Navy 11 June 1945.
Bought by Royal Danish Navy in 1945 and renamed Holger Danske.
Scrapped in 1960 at Odense, Denmark.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR
3 February 1944 – 8 June 1945

Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Graham Tucker, OBE, RNR
8 June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Career notesTo the Royal Canadian Navy as Monnow

Commands listed for HMS Monnow (K 441)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Edgar George Skinner, DSC, RD, RCNR3 Feb 19448 Jun 1945
2Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Graham Tucker, RNR8 Jun 1945Oct 1945 ?

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