Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 160 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 17 Jan 1934 |
Commissioned | Oct 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed on 13 February 1934. Sold in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Kingston Andalusite (FY 160)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. John Bruce, RNR | 8 Oct 1939 | 27 Dec 1940 |
2 | Sydney Hearne, RNR | 27 Dec 1940 | 15 Jan 1941 |
3 | T/Lt. John Lionel Perren, RNVR | 15 Jan 1941 | 22 Aug 1941 |
4 | T/Lt. Colin Sawyer Pirie, RNVR | 22 Aug 1941 | late 1941 |
5 | T/S.Lt. Basil James, RNVR | late 1941 | 8 Jul 1942 |
6 | T/Lt. William Stanley Lowe, RNVR | 8 Jul 1942 | 18 Sep 1943 |
7 | T/Lt. Geoffrey William Joseph Leeson, RNVR | 18 Sep 1943 |
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Notable events involving Kingston Andalusite include:
1 Aug 1943
HMS Umbra (Lt. P.H. May, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMCS Athabascan (Cdr. G.R. Miles, DSO, OBE, RCN), HMS Cattistock (Lt. R.G.D. Keddie, DSC, RN), HMS Cambridgeshire (T/Lt. H.F.B. Ashby, RNVR), HMS Ambrose Pare (Skr. J.W. Morris, RNR), HMS Victrix (T/Lt. J.D. Craighead, RNR) and HMS Kingston Andalusite (T/Lt. W.S. Lowe, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18331
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.