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HMS Folkestone (L 22 / U 22)

Sloop of the Folkestone class


HMS Folkestone as seen during the war.

Photo Courtesy of Graham White.

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassFolkestone 
PennantL 22 / U 22 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down21 May, 1929 
Launched12 Feb, 1930 
Commissioned25 Jun, 1930 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 22 May 1947.

Commanding Officers:
HMS Folkestone was refitting at the start of the 2nd World War

Lt.Cdr. Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill, RN
October 1940 – 12 July 1941

Lt.Cdr. David Edward Gillespie Wemeyss, RN
12 July 1941 – 19 June 1942

Cdr. James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson, OBE, RN (retired)
19 June 1942 – 14 November 1944

Cdr. C.J.P. Hill, RN
14 November 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Folkestone is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Folkestone include:

17 Oct, 1940
HMS Folkestone (Lt.Cdr. C.F.H. Churchill, RN) picks up 7 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Dokka that was torpedoed and sunk south of Iceland in position 60º46'N, 16º30'W by the German submarine U-93.


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