Allied Warships

HMS Fernie (L 11)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type I) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type I) 
PennantL 11 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Jun 1939 
Launched9 Jan 1940 
Commissioned29 May 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Port Glasgow on 7 November 1956.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Ronald McClellan Powning Jonas, RN
29 March 1940 – 10 March 1941
DSC awarded on 1 January 1941.

Lt.Cdr. Allen Herbert Percy Noble, RN
10 March 1941 – 9 January 1942.

Lt.Cdr. Herbert Bernard Acworth, RN
9 January 1942 – 10 May 1943
OBE 17 February 1942.

Lt. Francis Wimburn Melvill Carter, DSC, RN
10 May 1943 – 17 March 1944.

Lt. Jack Arthur Tricker, RN
17 March 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

 

Commands listed for HMS Fernie (L 11)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Ronald McClellan Powning Jonas, RN29 Mar 194010 Mar 1941
2Lt.Cdr. Allan Herbert Percy Noble, RN10 Mar 19419 Jan 1942
3Lt. Herbert Bernard Acworth, RN9 Jan 194210 May 1943
4Lt. Francis Wimburn Melvill Carter, DSC, RN10 May 194317 Mar 1944
5Lt. Jack Arthur Tricker, RN17 Mar 19448 Apr 1946

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