Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Ocean boarding vessel |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | |
Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 14 Jan 1922 |
Commissioned | Jan 1941 |
Lost | 27 Apr 1941 |
History | Cargo (ref.) vessel completed in March 1922. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1940. Displacement: 5355 GRT. Dimensions: 121.9 x 16.5. Armament: 2 6" guns (2x1), 1 12pdr AA gun, 4 .303" MG AA (4x1) Speed: 13.5 knots. Fitted out as fighter catapul ship. HMS Patia was bombed and sunk by German He 111-bombers near 20G Buoy, Coquet Island, Northumberland, U.K. |
Commands listed for HMS Patia
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Edward Gavin Farr Butler, RD, RNR | 23 Oct 1940 | Jan 1941 |
2 | Cdr. David Marion Burton Baker, RD, RNR | Jan 1941 | 27 Apr 1941 (+) |
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