Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor Gun Boat |
Class | Fairmile D |
Pennant | MGB 640 |
Mod | Motor Gun Boat |
Built by | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station (Rochford, England, U.K.) |
Ordered | 27 Apr 1941 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 1 Nov 1942 |
Lost | 27 Jun 1944 |
History | Reclassified as Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 640 in 1943Mined and sunk off Vada, Italy on 27 June 1944 |
Commands listed for HMS MGB 640 (MGB 640)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | F W Carr, RNVR | 23 Sep 1942 | 23 Nov 1942 |
2 | Lt. Philip Francis Stewart Gould, DSC, RN | 23 Nov 1942 | Apr 1943 |
3 | C M MacLachlan, RCNVR | Apr 1943 | 27 Jun 1944 |
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