Allied Warships

HMCS Annapolis (I 04)

Destroyer of the Town class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassTown 
PennantI 04 
Built byUnion Iron Works (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Jul 1918 
Launched29 Sep 1918 
Commissioned24 Sep 1940 
End service4 Jun 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Used for Mid-Ocean convoy escort from her commissioning until 1944. Later used as aircraft target and training ship.

Decommissioned on 4 June 1945.
Sold on 21 June 1945 to to Frankel Bros. Ltd. (Toronto, Canada) to be broken up for scrap.

 
Former nameUSS Mackenzie (DD 175)

Commands listed for HMCS Annapolis (I 04)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Colin Degge Donald, RCN24 Sep 194028 Mar 1941
2A/Lt.Cdr. Frank Crighton Smith, RCNR29 Mar 19411 Jul 1942
3A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN2 Jul 19423 Oct 1942
4Lt.Cdr. Ronald Fraser Harris, RCNR4 Oct 194214 Oct 1942
5A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Huntley Davidson, RCN15 Oct 19423 Dec 1942
6A/Lt.Cdr. Angus George Boulton, RCNVR4 Dec 19422 Mar 1944
7T/A/Lt.Cdr. Hubert Charles Walmesley, RCNR3 Mar 194431 Aug 1944
8T/Lt. Harvey Armstrong Lennox, RCNVR1 Sep 19444 Jun 1945

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Whitley, M. J.

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