Allied Warships

HMS Mendip (L 60)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type I) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type I) 
PennantL 60 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend 
Ordered11 Apr 1939 
Laid down10 Aug 1939 
Launched9 Apr 1940 
Commissioned12 Oct 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to China May 1948 and renamed Lin Fu. Reposessed after the Yangtze around June 1949 and re-commissioned with the ships company of HMS Consort. Sold to the Egyptian Navy becoming Mohamed ali-El-Kebir on 15 November 1949, renamed Ibrahim-El-Awal later in 1951. Was captured by the Israeli navy after combat and surrender in the 1956 Sinai campaign. Renamed INS Haifa. Was decommissioned in 1968 and sunk as a target ship after being hit by a Gabriel missile.

 

Commands listed for HMS Mendip (L 60)

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CommanderFromTo
1A/Cdr. Guy Neville Rolfe, RN1 Jul 194016 Sep 1942
2Capt. Cecil Ramsden Langworthy Parry, RN16 Sep 194225 Jan 1943
3Lt. Peter Douglas Davey, RN25 Jan 194310 Apr 1945
4Lt. Lesley Edney Blackmore, RN10 Apr 19451 Jan 1946

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