Allied Warships

HMS Conqueror (FY 006 / F 33)

Armed Yacht

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeArmed Yacht
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 006 / F 33 
Built byThornycroft (Woolston, England, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched16 Jan 1911 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Yacht completed in July 1911.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 886 GRT.
Dimensions: 64.6 x 9.3.
Armament (as Auxiliary AA vessel): 2 4" gun, 1 12pdr AA gun, 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 4 20mm AA (4x1), 8 .5" MG AA (2x4), 8 .303" MG AA (8x1).
Speed: 15.25 knots.

Returned to her owner in 1945.

Served in A/S role and later as Auxiliary AA vessel.

 

Commands listed for HMS Conqueror (FY 006 / F 33)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. (retired) Ennis Tristram Ratcliffe Chambers, RN9 Sep 193922 Aug 1940
2Lt.Cdr. (retired) Eric Marcus McCausland, RN22 Aug 1940mid 1943
3T/Lt. Thomas William Craig, RNRmid 19432 Apr 1945
4T/A/Lt.Cdr. Stanley Reginald Brown, RNVR2 Apr 1945late 1945

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Notable events involving Conqueror include:


18 Nov 1939
HMS H 32 (Lt. R.F. Jenks, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (1)

20 Nov 1939
HMS L 27 (Lt. P.J. Cowell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portsmouth with HMS Khartoum (Cdr. D.T. Dowler, RN) and HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (2)

21 Nov 1939
HMS L 27 (Lt. P.J. Cowell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portsmouth with HMS Puffin (Lt.Cdr. Hon. J.M.G. Waldegrave, RN) and HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (2)

7 Dec 1939
HMS H 31 (Lt. P.R. Ward, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Puffin (Lt.Cdr. Hon. J.M.G. Waldegrave, RN) and HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (3)

10 Jan 1940
HMS H 50 (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Kimberley (Lt.Cdr. R.G.K. Knowling, RN) and HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (4)

22 Jan 1940
HMS H 31 (Lt. P.R. Ward, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (5)

6 Mar 1940
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Wanklyn, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Valena (Capt. W.H. Poole, RNR) and HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (6)

8 Mar 1940
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Wanklyn, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Valena (Capt. W.H. Poole, RNR) and HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (6)

28 Mar 1940
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Wanklyn, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN) and HMS St. Modwen (Cdr.(Retd.) W.A. Ford, RN). (6)

22 Apr 1940
HMS H 32 (Lt. M.D. Wanklyn, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Portland with HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (7)

4 Jul 1940
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Portland together with HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (8)

5 Jul 1940
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Portland together with HMS Conqueror (Capt.(Retd.) E.T.R. Chambers, RN). (8)

4 Oct 1943
HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) departed Dartmouth for Holy Loch. She was escorted by the French submarine chaser Chasseur 12 until 1725/4 when HMS Conqueror (T/Lt. T.W. Craig, RNR) took over the escort. Also HMS Clyde (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Brookes, DSC and Bar, RN) joined for the passage north. (9)

4 Oct 1943
HMS Clyde (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Brookes, DSO, DSC, RN) arrived at Falmouth, U.K. from New London, U.S.A. She was escorted in by HMS Conqueror (T/Lt. T.W. Craig, RNR). (10)

21 Aug 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Holmes (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.S. Boyle, RNVR), HMS Cosby (Lt. L.A. Pepperell, RN) and HMS Conqueror (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.R. Brown, RNVR). (11)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/15698
  2. ADM 173/15781
  3. ADM 173/15690
  4. ADM 173/16327
  5. ADM 173/16274
  6. ADM 173/16285
  7. ADM 173/16286
  8. File 2.12.03.6375 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
  9. ADM 173/18249
  10. ADM 173/17745
  11. ADM 173/20194

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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