Allied Warships

HMS Belvoir (L 32)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type III) 
PennantL 32 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Oct 1940 
Launched18 Nov 1941 
Commissioned29 Mar 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Bo'ness on 21 October 1957.

Commanding Officers:
A/Lt.Cdr. John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, DSC, RN
3 February 1942 – 18 May 1944
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 April 1944

Lt. William David Shaw, RN
18 May 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???

HMS Belvoir is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List

 

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, DSC, RN3 Feb 194218 May 1944
2Lt. William David Shaw, RN18 May 1944Jul 1945 ?

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