Allied Warships

HMS Persimmon (4.422)

Landing Ship Infantry

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	4.422
Mod	LSI(L)
Built by	Harland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	25 Sep 1943
Commissioned	1944
End service
History	Completed as passenger/cargo ship Pampas on 1 February 1944. Converted to an LSI(L) and commissioned in late 1944 as HMS Persimmon. Displacement: 12864 tons. Lenght: 450 feet Complement: ? Machinery: 1 Shaft, Diesel engine, BHP 4320 = 15 knots. Armament: 1 4" gun, 2 12pdr AA guns (2x1), 8 20mm AA (8x1) Carried 1 LCM, 18 LCA's and 700 troops Reverted to merchantile Pampas in 1946.

Commands listed for HMS Persimmon (4.422)

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	Commander	From	To
1	A/Cdr. William Emerson Gelling, DSC, RD, RNR	6 Nov 1944	8 May 1946

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