Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 159 |
Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 11 May 1933 |
Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
End service | |
History | Completed in July 1933. Sold in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Saon (FY 159)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Arthur Geoffrey Gascoyne Webb, RN | 24 Sep 1939 | 9 Feb 1940 | |
2 | A/Skr.Lt. Richard Bland, RD, RNR | 29 Nov 1940 | 8 Sep 1941 | |
3 | Ch.Skr. George Wilfred Holliday, RD, RNR | 8 Sep 1941 | Apr 1943 | |
4 | Skr. John Birnie Henderson, RNR | Apr 1943 | 24 Sep 1943 | |
5 | T/Lt. John Charles Payne, RNVR | 24 Sep 1943 | early 1945 | |
6 | T/Lt. William Sidney Bates, RNVR | early 1945 |
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