Allied Warships

HMS MGB 605 (MGB 605)

Motor Gun Boat of the Fairmile D class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Gun Boat
ClassFairmile D 
PennantMGB 605 
ModMotor Gun Boat 
Built byWilliam Osborne Ltd. (Littlehampton, England, U.K.) 
Ordered15 Mar 1941 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned16 Jun 1942 
Lost7 Feb 1945 
History

Reclassified as Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 605 in late 1943
Sunk after collision with a wreck off Oostende, Belgium on 17 February 1945

 

Commands listed for HMS MGB 605 (MGB 605)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry McLean Duff-Still, RNVR18 May 1942late 1943

2J A May, RNVR14 Apr 1944late 1944?

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