Allied Warships

HMS Solebay (R 70)

Destroyer of the Battle class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBattle 
PennantR 70 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down3 Feb 1943 
Launched22 Feb 1944 
Commissioned11 Oct 1945 
End serviceApr 1962 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned in April 1962. She became a harbour training ship in Portsmouth before finally being broken up in Troon in August/September 1967.

More information on this ship can be found at this website (offsite link).

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. George Ian Mackintosh Balfour, RN
3 July 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
DSC awarded on 10 September 1945

 

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1Lt.Cdr. George Ian Mackintosh Balfour, RN3 Jul 194510 Jan 1946

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