Allied Warships
HMS Weston (L 72 / U 72)
Sloop of the Falmouth class
HMS Weston at Portishead Dock in March 1933. Photo courtesy of Robin Craig Collection.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Falmouth |
| Pennant | L 72 / U 72 |
| Built by | Devonport dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 16 Mar 1931 |
| Laid down | 7 Sep 1931 |
| Launched | 23 Jul 1932 |
| Commissioned | 23 Feb 1933 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Weston is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Sold 22 May 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Weston (L 72 / U 72)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) Alaistair Gordon Davidson, RN | 8 Sep 1939 | 13 Jan 1940 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Seymour Charles Tuke, RN | 13 Jan 1940 | 6 Sep 1940 | |
| 3 | Cdr. (retired) John Gilbert Sutton, RN | 6 Sep 1940 | 24 Aug 1942 | |
| 4 | Cdr. Leonard Francis Durnford-Slater, RN | 24 Aug 1942 | Jun 1943 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Ernest Gleave, RNR | 7 Jul 1943 | 22 Feb 1945 | |
| 6 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Pennock Chipman, RCNVR | 22 Feb 1945 | Jul 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Weston include:
24 Feb 1940
HMS Weston (Lt.Cdr. S.C. Tuke, RN) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Royal Archer that sank off the Firth of Forth in position 56º06'N, 02º55'W on a mine laid on 4 November 1939 by the German submarine U-21.
31 May 1940
On 31 May 1940 U-13 was lost in the North Sea 11 nautical miles south-east of Lowestoft, in position 52º26'N, 02º02'E, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Weston (Lt.Cdr. S.C. Tuke, RN). (see map)
9 Oct 1940
HMS Weston (Cdr. J.G. Sutton, RN (retired)) picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant Confield that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-58 about 90 nautical miles west of Barra Head in position 56º48'N, 10º17'W.
20 Sep 1941
The German submarine U-111 torpedoes and sinks the British merchant Cingalese Prince east-south-east of St.Paul Rocks in position 02º00'S, 25º30'W.
HMS Weston (Cdr. J.G. Sutton, RN (retired)) later picks up 1 survivor.
21 May 1942
HMS Weston (Cdr. J.G. Sutton, RN (retired)) picks up 7 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36º53'N, 22º55'W.
23 Feb 1943
HMS Weston (Cdr L.F. Durnford-Slater, RN) picks up 50 survivors from the British tanker Athelprincess that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-522 south of the Azores in position 32º02'N, 24º38'W.