Allied Warships

HMAS Napier (G 97)

Destroyer of the N class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassN 
PennantG 97 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
Ordered15 Apr 1939 
Laid down26 Jul 1939 
Launched22 May 1940 
Commissioned11 Dec 1940 
End service26 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 nameHMS Napier

Commands listed for HMAS Napier (G 97)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss, RN28 Nov 19407 Nov 1942
2Arnold Holbrook Green, RAN7 Nov 1942???

3Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss, DSO, RN19444 Jun 1944
4Capt. Albert Lawrence Poland, DSC, DSO, RN4 Jun 19447 Jul 1944
5Arnold Holbrook Green, RAN7 Jul 194415 Sep 1944
6Lt.Cdr. Charles John Stephenson, RAN15 Sep 19447 Oct 1944
7John Plunkett-Cole, RAN7 Oct 19442 Nov 1944
8Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, DSO, RAN2 Nov 194420 Sep 1945
9Cdr. George Scott Stewart, RAN20 Sep 1945Oct 1945 ?

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