Allied Warships

HMS Sayonara (4.72)

Armed Yacht

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeArmed Yacht
Class[No specific class] 
Pennant4.72 
Built byRamage & Ferguson Ltd. (Leith, Scotland, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched29 May 1911 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Displacement: 854 tons.
Completed in July 1911.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Served as Armed Boarding Vessel.

Sold in 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Sayonara (4.72)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. (retired) Henry Hamilton, RN8 Sep 193930 Jun 1941
2Cdr. (retired) Horace George Gorton, RN30 Jun 1941early 1943

3F C Greenwood, RNR22 Apr 1943mid 1944
4J V Knight, RNVRmid 1944late 1945

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