Allied Warships

HMS Chevron (R 51)

Destroyer of the Ch class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Ch
Pennant	R 51
Built by	A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ordered	24 Jul 1942
Laid down	18 Mar 1943
Launched	23 Feb 1944
Commissioned	23 Aug 1945
End service
History	Scrapped at Inverkeithing in December 1969

Commands listed for HMS Chevron (R 51)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, DSC, RN	19 Jan 1945

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Notable events involving Chevron include:

18 Jun 1945
HMS Sea Devil (Lt. D.W. Mills, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with Chevron (Lt.Cdr. J.F.D. Bush, DSC and 2 Bars, RN).

[Note: this destroyer had not been commissioned as of this date, she had completed construction but was not yet fitted with the new type of control tower due to delays. It had been decided to partially work-up the ship before the control tower was fitted.] (1)

12 Jul 1945
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN), HMS Sirius (Capt. R.L.M. Edwards, CBE, RN) and Chevron (Lt.Cdr. J.F.D. Bush, DSC and 2 Bars, RN) conducted exercises off Malta. (2)