| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | F 11 |
| Built by | Vickers Ltd. (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 23 Apr 1921 |
| Commissioned | 13 Oct 1939 |
| End service | 20 Aug 1941 |
| History | On 27 August 1939 the passenger ship Moreton Bay of the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line Ltd, London was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was completed on 13 October 1939. Displacement: 14193 BRT Career: On 20 August 1941 returned and used as troopship by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 1945 returned to owner and scrapped 1957. |
Commands listed for HMS Moreton Bay (F 11)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Edmund Mount Haes, RN | 5 Oct 1939 | 5 Jan 1941 |
| 2 | Capt. (retired) Charles Courtenay Bell, DSO, RN | 5 Jan 1941 | mid 1941 |
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Notable events involving Moreton Bay include:
31 Jan 1940
HMS Regulus (Cdr. J.M. Money, RN) conducted exercises off Hong Kong together with HMS Moreton Bay (A/Capt. E.M. Haes, RN). (1)
30 Jun 1941
The British merchant Saint Anselm was torpedoed and sunk west of Madeira in position 31°00'N, 26°00'W by German U-boat U-66. HMS Moreton Bay (Capt. C.C. Bell (retired), RN) later picks up 18 survivors.
Sources
- ADM 173/16472
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.