Allied Warships

HMS Orizaba (FY 1897)

MS Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMS Trawler
Class[No specific class] 
PennantFY 1897 
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched21 Jan 1908 
CommissionedAug 1940 
End service 
History

Completed on 3 April 1908.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1940.
Displacement: 233 tons.

Became a fuel carrier in March 1944.

Scrapped at Gateshead on 7 June 1949.

 

Commands listed for HMS Orizaba (FY 1897)

Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

CommanderFromTo
1T/Skr. Arthur Joseph Coleman, RNR25 Apr 194118 Dec 1941
2T/Skr. Robert Aughton, RNR18 Dec 19412 Nov 1942
3T/Skr. John Jeffrey Tomlinson, RNR2 Nov 194228 Mar 1944
4Skr.Lt. James Bond, RD, RNR28 Mar 194424 Feb 1945
5T/Skr. Alexander Smith, RNR24 Feb 1945mid 1945

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.


Return to the Allied Warships section