Allied Warships

HMS Hiniesta (FY 011)

Armed Yacht

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeArmed Yacht
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 011 
Built byAilsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched27 Feb 1902 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Displacement: 290 tons.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty September 1939.
Served in A/S role and later as a calibrating vessel.

Sold or returned in 1945.

 

Commands listed for HMS Hiniesta (FY 011)

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CommanderFromTo
Sidney Thomas Wenlock, RNR
1Cdr. (retired) Charles Euman, RN29 Sep 193924 Jan 1940
2Cdr. (retired) John Allen Shuter, RN24 Jan 194028 Feb 1940

3H H Horley, RNR12 Jun 1940early 1942

4D J MacKillop, RNVR1 Mar 1943mid 1945

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