Allied Warships

HMAS Warrego (L 73 / U 73)

Sloop of the Grimsby class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeSloop
ClassGrimsby 
PennantL 73 / U 73 
Built byCockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 
Ordered 1938 
Laid down15 May 1939 
Launched10 Feb 1940 
Commissioned22 Aug 1940 
End service8 Aug 1963 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 8 august 1963.
Sold to be broken up for scrap in April 1965.

 

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

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Ross Valdar Wheatley, RAN29 Jul 194028 May 1941
2Lt. (emergency) David Logan, RAN29 May 194119 Jul 1941
3Cdr. Ross Valdar Wheatley, RAN20 Jul 194126 May 1942
4Lt.Cdr. Arnold Holbrook Green, RAN27 May 194222 Aug 1942
5Lt.Cdr. Alexander Douglas Colin Inglis, RN23 Aug 194211 Jul 1944
6Lt.Cdr. George Dalton Tancred, RAN11 Jul 194419 Nov 1944

7A/Cdr. Colin Goyder Little, DSC, RAN15 May 194525 Aug 1945
8Lt.Cdr. Robert Bagster Atlee Hunt, OBE, RAN25 Aug 1945Mar 1946

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