Allied Warships

HMAS Napier (G 97)

Destroyer of the N class

Navy	The Royal Australian Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	N
Pennant	G 97
Built by	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland)
Ordered	15 Apr 1939
Laid down	26 Jul 1939
Launched	22 May 1940
Commissioned	11 Dec 1940
End service	26 Oct 1945
Loss position

History	Returned to the Royal Navy on 26 October 1945. Scrapped in January 1956. Commanding Officers: Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss, RN 28 November 1940 – 7 November 1942 DSO awarded on 8 January 1940 Lt.Cdr. Arnold Holbrook Green, DSC, RAN 7 November 1942 – ??? Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss, DSO, RN 1944 – 4 June 1944 Capt. Albert Lawrence Poland, CB, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN 4 June 1944 – 7 July 1944 Lt.Cdr. Arnold Holbrook Green, DSC, RAN 7 July 1944 – October 1944 Cdr. John Plunkett-Cole, RAN October 1944 – 2 November 1944 A/Capt. Herbert James Buchanan, DSO, RAN 2 November 1944 – 20 September 1945 Promoted to Capt. on 31 December 1944 Cdr. George Scott Stewart, RAN 20 September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Former name	HMS Napier

Commands listed for HMAS Napier (G 97)

Please note that we're still working on this section.

	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss, RN	28 Nov 1940	7 Nov 1942
2	Arnold Holbrook Green, RAN	7 Nov 1942	???

3	Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss, DSO, RN	1944	4 Jun 1944
4	Capt. Albert Lawrence Poland, DSC, DSO, RN	4 Jun 1944	7 Jul 1944
5	Arnold Holbrook Green, RAN	7 Jul 1944	15 Sep 1944
6	Lt.Cdr. Charles John Stephenson, RAN	15 Sep 1944	7 Oct 1944
7	John Plunkett-Cole, RAN	7 Oct 1944	2 Nov 1944
8	Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, DSO, RAN	2 Nov 1944	20 Sep 1945
9	Cdr. George Scott Stewart, RAN	20 Sep 1945	Oct 1945 ?

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Return to the Allied Warships section