Allied Warships

HMS Emperor of India (4.237)

Anti-Aircraft ship

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeAnti-Aircraft ship
Class[No specific class] 
Pennant4.237 
ModCoastal 
Built byThornycroft (Woolston, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 1906 
Commissioned12 Mar 1940 
End service 
History

Passenger ship completed in June 1906.
Requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1939.
Displacement: 428 GRT.
Dimensions: 59.6 x 7.7.
Armament: 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 8 0.5" MG AA (2x4), 4 3" rocket launhers (1x4).
Speed: 15.25 knots.

Harbour service as of 1943.
Renamed Bunting in 1944.
Returned to her owner and renamed Emperor of India in 1945. 

Commands listed for HMS Emperor of India (4.237)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Charles Clifford Matthews Pawley, RNR9 Dec 193923 Jul 1940
2T/Lt.Cdr. Bernard Ralph Booth, RNR23 Jul 19402 Jun 1941
3T/Lt. John Malcolm Cunningham, RNR2 Jun 1941mid 1943
4T/Lt. Percy Raymund Stevens, RINmid 19433 Sep 1943
5Cdr. (retired) Leonard Ernest Pearson, DSC, RN3 Sep 1943early 1945

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