Allied Warships

HMS Kunishi (FY 692)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 692 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched3 Feb 1927 
CommissionedAug 1939 
End service 
History

Completed in April 1927.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 303 tons.
Armament: 1 12pdr AA gun.

Sold in April 1946.
Renamed St. Philip in 1946.
Scrapped at Bruges, Belgium in 1955.

 

Commands listed for HMS Kunishi (FY 692)

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1Kenneth Samuel Hawkridge, RNR20 Dec 193911 Feb 1941
2Ch.Skr. John Lorimer, RNR11 Feb 1941late 1945

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