Allied Warships

HMAS Warrego (L 73 / U 73)

Sloop of the Grimsby class

Navy	The Royal Australian Navy
Type	Sloop
Class	Grimsby
Pennant	L 73 / U 73
Built by	Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordered
Laid down	15 May 1939
Launched	10 Feb 1940
Commissioned	22 Aug 1940
End service	8 Aug 1963
Loss position

History	Decommissioned 8 august 1963. Sold to be broken up for scrap in April 1965. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Ross Valder Wheatley, RAN 29 July 1940 – 5 May 1942 T/Lt. Hudson Croft Asher, RANR(S) 5 May 1942 – 23 August 1942 Lt.Cdr. Alexander Douglas Colin Inglis, RN 23 August 1942 – 11 July 1944 Lt.Cdr. George Dalton Tancred, RAN 11 July 1944 – May 1945 DSC awarded on 27 February 1945 A/Cdr. Colin Goyder Little, DSC, RAN May 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

Commands listed for HMAS Warrego (L 73 / U 73)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Ross Valder Wheatley, RAN	29 Jul 1940	5 May 1942
2	T/Lt. Hudson Croft Asher, RANR(S)	5 May 1942	23 Aug 1942
3	Lt.Cdr. Alexander Douglas Colin Inglis, RN	23 Aug 1942	11 Jul 1944
4	George Dalton Tancred, RAN	11 Jul 1944	May 1945
5	A/Cdr. Colin Goyder Little, DSC, RAN	May 1945	Aug 1945

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