Allied Warships

HMS Lowestoft (L 59 / U 59)

Sloop of the Grimsby class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassGrimsby 
PennantL 59 / U 59 
Built byDevonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered1 May 1933 
Laid down21 Aug 1933 
Launched11 Apr 1934 
Commissioned22 Nov 1934 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

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

Sold 4 October 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Lowestoft (L 59 / U 59)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Arthur Macdonnell Knapp, RN15 Aug 19388 Jan 1941
2Cdr. Ughtred Henry Ramsden James, RN8 Jan 194121 Jul 1941
3Lt.Cdr. (retired) Francis Babington Proudfoot, RN21 Jul 1941???

4Lt. Thomas Keppel Edge-Partington, RN17 Nov 1942Feb 1943

5A/Cdr. (retired) Lawrence Henry Phillips, RN23 Mar 1943Jun 1945
6Lt.Cdr. Charles Grenville Cowley, RNJun 1945Jul 1945 ?

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