HMS LISCOMB T285

 

Western Isles Class Anti-Submarine Trawler

 

 

HMS LISCOMB T285

 

Laid down: 01 Jul 1941

Launched: 23 Mar 1942

Commissioned: 08 Sep 1942

Paid off: 17 June 1945

 

Built for the RN at Kingston, Ont., she was commissioned on 08 Sep 1942 as HMS LISCOMB. Manned by RN personnel, she was under RCN operational control though never commissioned into the RCN. HMS LISCOMB was returned to the RN at Plymouth and paid off on 17 Jun 1945. Later sold in 1946 to Norwegian interests and renamed Aalesund.

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

I D Smith, RNVR - 20 Aug 1942 -  Feb 1944

 

Lt. John Cowan Smith, RCNR - Feb 1944 - 16 Oct 1944

 

T/Lt. Raymond Vincent Harris, RNVR - 16 Oct 1944 - unk

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

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