Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Armed Yacht |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 024 |
Built by | Camper & Nicholsons Ltd. (Gosport, England, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
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End service | |
History | Completed in July 1928 Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1939. Served in A/S role. Renamed Noir in 1944. Returned in June 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Rion (FY 024)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Cdr. (retired) Henry Francis Besant, OBE, RN | 9 Sep 1939 | 13 Jul 1940 | |
2 | Cdr. (retired) John Kenneth Beaufoy Birch, RN | 13 Jul 1940 | 8 Aug 1940 | |
3 | T/Lt. Gilbert Kenneth Hill, RNVR | 8 Aug 1940 | 11 Sep 1940 | |
4 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Giles Robert Pretor-Pinney, RN | 11 Sep 1940 | 18 Mar 1941 | |
5 | Lt.Cdr. (emergency) Lord Teynham, RN | 18 Mar 1941 | 28 Mar 1941 | |
6 | T/Lt. Reginald Leslie Green, RNR | 28 Mar 1941 | 11 Jun 1941 | |
7 | Cdr. (retired) Charles Keith Adam, RN | 11 Jun 1941 | 23 Jun 1942 | |
8 | Lt. Edward Ernest Clifton, RNR | 23 Jun 1942 | mid 1943 | |
9 | T/Lt. Leonard George Prowse, RINVR | 22 Nov 1943 | late 1944 | |
10 | D E Doran, RNVR | late 1944 | mid 1945 |
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