HMS Prince Badouin (4.88)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	4.88
Mod	LSI(S)
Built by	Cockerill (Hoboken, Belgium)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	16 Sep 1933
Commissioned	1943
End service
History	Completed as passenger ship Prince Badouin in August 1934. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in July 1940 and converted to an LSI(S). (Only commissioned as naval vessel in mid 1943, manned by the MoWT before that time) Displacement: 3219 tons. Lenght: 370 feet Complement: 200 Machinery: 2 Shafts, Diesel engines, BHP 17000 = 23 knots. Armament: 2 12pdr AA guns (2x1), 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 6 20mm AA (6x1) Carried 8 LCA's and 196 troops Returned on 13 October 1945

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	Commander	From	To
1	A/Cdr. William Emerson Gelling, DSC, RD, RNR	27 Jul 1943	19 Dec 1944
2	T/Lt. William White Johnson Paton, RNR	19 Dec 1944	3 Apr 1945
3	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Downes King, RNR	3 Apr 1945	mid 1945

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