HMS Duke of Wellington (4.400)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	4.400
Mod	LSI(H)
Built by	Harland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	7 Mar 1935
Commissioned	May 1942
End service
History	Completed as passenger ship Duke of York on 4 June 1935. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in May 1942 and converted to an LSI(H). Displacement: 3747 tons. Lenght: 358 feet Complement: 120 Machinery: 4 Boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines, SHP 10000 = 21 knots. Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun, 8 20mm AA (8x1) Carried 10 LCA's and 250 troops Returned in 1945.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. John Findlay Henshaw Coombes, RD, RNR	25 May 1942	19 Aug 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. George Dudley Kelly, RD, RNR	19 Aug 1944	early 1945

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