Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | 4.81 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 28 Jan 1929 |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
Lost | 5 Oct 1940 |
Loss position | 36° 11'N, 6° 32'W |
History | Completed on 27 February 1929. Taken over by the Admiralty on 1 September 1939. Displacement: 352 tons. HMS Kingston Sapphire (Lt. Louis Alan Sayers, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk on 5 October 1940 by the Italian submarine Nani off Cadiz, Spain in position 36.11'N, 06.32'W. |
Commands listed for HMS Kingston Sapphire (4.81)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) Charles Cecil Henderson, RN | 10 Sep 1939 | Dec 1939 |
2 | Lt. Louis Alan Sayers, RNR | Dec 1939 | 5 Oct 1940 |
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