Allied Warships

HMS Londonderry (L 76 / U 76)

Sloop of the Grimsby class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassGrimsby 
PennantL 76 / U 76 
Built byDevonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Jun 1934 
Launched16 Jan 1935 
Commissioned20 Sep 1935 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 8 March 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Sir Thomas L. Beevor, RN
1 April 1938 – 9 December 1940

Cdr. John Standley Dalison, RN
9 December 1940 - ???
DSO awarded on 1 January 1943

HMS Londonderry in Dockyard Control ???

Lt.Cdr. Alfred Ernest Willmott, DSC, RD, RNR
29 September 1943 – 23 December 1943

Lt.Cdr. Leslie Benjamin Philpott, DSC, RNR
23 December 1943 – August 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.M. Newns, RNVR
August 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

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

 

Commands listed for HMS Londonderry (L 76 / U 76)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Sir Thomas Lubbock Beevor, RN1 Apr 19389 Dec 1940
2Cdr. John Standley Dalison, RN9 Dec 1940???

3Lt.Cdr. Alfred Ernest Willmott, DSC, RNR29 Sep 194323 Dec 1943
4Lt.Cdr. Leslie Benjamin Philpott, DSC, RD, RNR23 Dec 1943Aug 1944
5T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. M. Newns, RNVRAug 1944Jul 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Londonderry include:


20 Sep 1941
The German submarine U-111 torpedoes and sinks the British merchant Cingalese Prince east-southeast of St.Paul Rocks in position 02º00'S, 25º30'W.

HMS Londonderry (Cdr J.S. Dalison, RN) later picks up 1 survivor.

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