Allied Warships

HMS Rye (J 76)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Bangor
Pennant	J 76
Built by	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland)
Ordered
Laid down	27 Nov 1939
Launched	19 Aug 1940
Commissioned	20 Nov 1941
End service
Loss position

History	Sold on 24 August 1948. Scrapped at Purfleet in September 1948. Commanding Officers: Lt. John Andrew Pearson, DSC, RNR 24 September 1941 – 6 March 1944 Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ??? Bar to DSC awarded on 10 November 1942 A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Williams, RN 6 March 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

Commands listed for HMS Rye (J 76)

Please note that we're still working on this section.

	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. John Andrew Pearson, DSC, RNR	24 Sep 1941	6 Mar 1944
2	A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Williams, RN	6 Mar 1944	Oct 1945 ?

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Return to the Allied Warships section