Allied Warships

HMS Dabchick (M 22)

Minelayer of the Isles class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinelayer
ClassIsles 
PennantM 22 
ModMinelayer 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : C.D. Holmes (Hull, U.K.) 
Ordered29 May 1942 
Laid down20 Nov 1942 
Launched9 Mar 1943 
Commissioned8 Jul 1943 
End service 
HistoryTo the Malayan Navy in 1954. 
Former nameThorney

Commands listed for HMS Dabchick (M 22)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Douglas Cooper, RNVRJun 194321 Feb 1944
2T/Lt. Ronald Hector Diaper, RNR21 Feb 19448 Dec 1944
3Percy Edgar Martin, RNR8 Dec 1944early 1946

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