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HMS Corfu
Navy: The Royal Navy
Type: Armed Merchant Cruiser
Penant: F 86X
Built by: A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland)X
Ordered: X
Laid down: X
Launched: 1931X
Commissioned: 25th November 1939X
End service: 17th February 1944X
XHistory: laid down as Chefoo, completed as Corfu.
On 14 Sep, 1939 the passenger ship Corfu of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser.
Displacement: 14170 BRT
Armament: 9x 152mm, 4x 102mm (2x2), 2x 40mm, 19x 20mm Oerlikon and a catapult with seaplane
Speed: 17 knots
Career:
Dec, 39 - Jun, 40: Northern Patrol
Jun, 40: Western Approaches Command
Jul, 40 - Sep, 41: Freetown Escort Force
Oct, 41 - Feb, 42: East Indies Station
Mar, 42 - Aug, 42: Eastern Fleet (Indian Ocean)
Sep, 42 - Apr, 43: South Atlantic Station
May, 43 - Feb, 44: West Africa Command
On 17 Feb, 1944 returned and used as troopship by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). On 31 Jul, 1947 returned to owner.X
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"Only the dead will know the end of the war" Plato "Tempus edax rerum" (Time devours all) Ovidious "Vivire militare est" (To live is to fight) Seneca "Tout est perdu forst l'honneur!" (Everything is lost, but the honour!) François I of France.  |