Allied Warships
HMS Folkestone (L 22 / U 22)
Sloop of the Folkestone class
HMS Folkestone as seen during the war.
Photo Courtesy of Graham White.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Folkestone |
| Pennant | L 22 / U 22 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 21 May 1929 |
| Launched | 12 Feb 1930 |
| Commissioned | 25 Jun 1930 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold 22 May 1947. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill, RN Lt.Cdr. David Edward Gillespie Wemeyss, RN Cdr. James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson, OBE, RN (retired) Cdr. Cyril John Percy Hill, RN (retired) HMS Folkestone is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Folkestone (L 22 / U 22)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill, RN | Oct 1940 | 12 Jul 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. David Edward Gillespie Wemeyss, RN | 12 Jul 1941 | 19 Jun 1942 |
| 3 | Cdr. (retired) James Geoffrey Clemons Gibson, OBE, RN | 19 Jun 1942 | 14 Nov 1944 |
| 4 | Cdr. (retired) Cyril John Percy Hill, RN | 14 Nov 1944 | Jul 1945 ? |
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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.