Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 236 |
Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 9 Mar 1935 |
Commissioned | Nov 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed on 7 May 1935. Returned to her owner in March 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Kingston Chrysoberyl (FY 236)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. Robert Charles Green, RNR | 21 Nov 1939 | Oct 1940 |
2 | T/Lt. John Handley Cooper, RNVR | Oct 1940 | mid 1941 |
3 | Skr. Robert Charles Green, DSC, RNR | mid 1941 | late 1941 |
4 | T/Skr. Lawrence Ford, RNR | late 1941 | Mar 1942 |
5 | Skr. Case James Albert Silom, RNR | Mar 1942 | 12 Jun 1942 |
6 | A/Skr.Lt. Magnus Andrew Smith, RNR | 12 Jun 1942 | 10 Sep 1943 |
7 | A/Skr.Lt. Henry Rich, RNR | 10 Sep 1943 |
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Notable events involving Kingston Chrysoberyl include:
15 Jul 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. A.R. Profit, DSC, RN) arrived at Plymouth where she conducted A/S exercises with HMS La Nantaise (Skr. S.J. Cory, RNR), HMS Kingston Chrysoberyl (A/Skr.Lt. M.A. Smith, RD, RNR), ORP Slazak (Lt.Cdr. R. Nalecz-Tyminski, ORP), HMS Ambrose Pare (Skr. J.W. Morris, RNR), HMS Olvina (Skr. J. Howson, RNR), HMS Cambridgeshire (T/Lt. H.F.B. Ashby, RNVR) and HMS Grimsby Town (Skr. W.A. Cormack, RNR). (1)
25 Feb 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.R. Pelly, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Grimsby Town (Skr. W.A. Cormack, RNR), HMS Kingston Chrysoberyl (Skr.Lt. M.A. Smith, RD, RNR) and HMS Ambrose Pare (Skr. J.W. Morris, RNR). (2)
2 May 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Lord Stanhope (A/Skr.Lt. S.G. Jinks, RNR) and HMS Kingston Chrysoberyl (A/Skr.Lt. H. Rich, RNR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/17251
- ADM 173/17921
- ADM 173/18698
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.