Allied Warships

HMS Armada (R 14)

Destroyer of the Battle class

Photo courtesy of Allan C. Green Collection

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Battle
Pennant	R 14
Built by	Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Ordered	27 Apr 1942
Laid down	29 Dec 1942
Launched	9 Dec 1943
Commissioned	2 Jul 1945
End service
History	Sold to T. W. Ward 12th November 1965, arrived Inverkeithing 18th December 1965.

Commands listed for HMS Armada (R 14)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Robert Augustus Fell, RN	Mar 1945	late 1946

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Notable events involving Armada include:

15 Jun 1945
She was adopted by the town of Brentwood, Essex, UK. (1)

14 Jul 1945
HrMs Van Galen (Lt.Cdr. P.A. Mulock van der Vlies Bik, RNethN) and HMS Armada (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Fell, RN) conducted torpedo firing exercises at Scapa Flow. (2)

16 Jul 1945
HrMs Van Galen (Lt.Cdr. P.A. Mulock van der Vlies Bik, RNethN) and HMS Armada (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Fell, RN) conducted exercises off Scapa Flow.

HrMs Van Galen later briefly joined the screen of several ships of the Home Fleet during an A/S exercise. (2)