Allied Warships

HMS St. Kitts (R 18)

Destroyer of the Battle class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBattle 
PennantR 18 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend 
Ordered27 Apr 1942 
Laid down8 Sep 1943 
Launched4 Oct 1944 
Commissioned21 Jan 1946 
End service 
History 

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1Lt.Cdr. John Travis Beaufoy Birch, DSO, DSC, RN31 Jul 1945

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Whitley, M. J.


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