Allied Warships

HMS Myngs (R 06)

Destroyer of the Z class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Z
Pennant	R 06
Mod	Flotilla leader
Built by	Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons
Ordered	12 Feb 1942
Laid down	27 May 1942
Launched	31 May 1943
Commissioned	23 Jun 1944
End service
History	Transferred to Egypt in 1955 being renamed El Qahar.

Commands listed for HMS Myngs (R 06)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Charles Wickham Malins, DSO, DSC, RN	13 Mar 1944	9 Jul 1944
2	Capt. Manley Lawrence Power, OBE, RN	9 Jul 1944	17 Nov 1944
3	Capt. Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet, DSC, RN	17 Nov 1944	11 Jul 1945
4	Capt. John Hamilton Allison, DSO, RN	11 Jul 1945	22 Aug 1946

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Notable events involving Myngs include:

13 Jul 1944
HMS Shakespeare (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow, first with HMS Stella Pegasi (T/Lt. C.D.M. Grierson, RNVR), HMS Kingston Topaz (Skr.Lt. J.E. Harwood, RD, RNR) and later with HMS Myngs (Capt. M.L. Power, CBE, RN). (1)

15 Jul 1944
HMS Shakespeare (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises with HMS Myngs (Capt. M.L. Power, CBE, RN). (1)

26 Jan 1945
HMS Votary (Lt. P.M. Staveley, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Myngs (Capt. P.G.L. Cazalet, DSC, RN). (2)

20 Jun 1945
HMS Sea Devil (Lt. D.W. Mills, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Myngs (Capt. P.G.L. Cazalet, DSC, RN) and HMS Comet (Lt.Cdr. W.W. Fitzroy, RN). (3)

21 Jun 1945
HMS Sea Devil (Lt. D.W. Mills, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Myngs (Capt. P.G.L. Cazalet, DSC, RN). Also a practice attack was carried out on this destroyer. (3)

26 Jun 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Myngs (Capt. P.G.L. Cazalet, DSC, RN) and HMS Oribi (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Hopper, DSC, RN). (4)

27 Jun 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Myngs (Capt. P.G.L. Cazalet, DSC, RN). (4)