Allied Warships

HMS Musketeer (G 86)

Destroyer of the M class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassM 
PennantG 86 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Dec 1939 
Launched2 Dec 1941 
Commissioned18 Sep 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 6 December 1955.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Donald Thorn Dowler, RN
16 June 1942 - December 1942

Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RN
December 1942 - 6 October 1943

Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, OBE, DSO, RN
6 October 1943 - 20 February 1945
DSC awarded on 5 January 1944

Cdr. Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN
20 February 1945 - August 1945

Cdr. Robert Marriott Aubrey, DSC, RN
August 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Musketeer (G 86)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Donald Thorn Dowler, DSC, RN16 Jun 1942Dec 1942
2Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RNDec 19426 Oct 1943
3Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, OBE, RN6 Oct 194320 Feb 1945
4Cdr. Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen, DSC, DSO, RN20 Feb 1945Aug 1945
5Cdr. Robert Marriott Aubrey, DSC, RNAug 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Musketeer include:


8 Oct 1943
HMS Musketeer (Cdr. R.L. Fisher, OBE, DSO, RN) picks up 44 survivors from the Polish destroyer ORP Orkan that was torpedoed and sunk south-west of Iceland in position 56º30'N, 26º26'W by the German submarine U-378.

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