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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 


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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