Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Ocean boarding vessel |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | F 107 |
Built by | Workman Clark & Co. Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 5 Apr 1932 |
Commissioned | 24 Jan 1941 |
End service | 1 Aug 1942 |
History | Cargo (ref.) vessel Erin completed in May 1932. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1940. Displacement: 5739 GRT. Dimensions: 131.5 x 16.7. Armament: 2 6" guns (2x1), 2 2pdr AA guns (2x1) Speed: 17 knots. Fitted out as fighter catapul ship. Returned to her owner on 1 August 1942. |
Commands listed for HMS Maplin (F 107)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | A/Cdr. John Owens Davies, RNR | 18 Oct 1940 | 1 Aug 1942 |
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