Allied Warships

HMS Ayrshire (FY 225)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 225 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched17 Jan 1938 
CommissionedNov 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Completed in February 1938.
Taken over by the Admiralty on 23 September 1939.
Displacement: 540 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

Returned to her owner in October 1945.
Renamed Macbeth in 1946.
Scrapped at Dalmuir on 30 January 1967.

 

Commands listed for HMS Ayrshire (FY 225)

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CommanderFromTo
1Ch.Skr. Frank Blake, RNR6 Nov 19391 Jan 1940
2S.Lt. Nigel Dixon, RN1 Jan 1940Jun 1940
3T/Lt. James Renwick, RNRJun 1940late 1940
4T/Lt. Leo Joseph Anthony Gradwell, RNVRlate 1940ca late 42
5T/Lt. Robert William Hillary Elsden, RNVRca late 423 Jul 1944
6T/Lt. Norman Kingsley Baynes, RNVR3 Jul 194416 Mar 1945
7T/Lt. William Gilbert Nigel Aplin, RNR16 Mar 1945

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