H.M.S. PC 44 (1917)

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H.M.S. PC 44 (1917)
Builder: Laird[1]
Ordered: December, 1916[2]
Launched: 25 Apr, 1917[3]
Sold: Dec, 1921[4]
H.M.S. PC 44 was one of twenty "PC" class patrol boats built for the Royal Navy.

The boat was sometimes referred to as P 44 or PQ 44 in contemporary documents.

Service

From July 1917 through the end of the war, PC 44 operated from H.M.S. Idaho, the Auxiliary Patrol base at Milford Haven.

She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at the Nore on 17 February, 1920.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 96.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 96.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 99.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 96.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 821.
  6. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396e.
  7. Merrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/155. f. 155.
  8. Crowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/244. f. 244.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 860.
  10. Crowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/244. f. 244.

Bibliography


"PC" Class Patrol Boat
December, 1916 Order
PC 42 PC 43 PC 44 PC 51 PC 55
PC 56 PC 60 PC 61 PC 62 PC 63
January, 1917 Order
  PC 65 PC 66 PC 67  
  PC 68 PC 69 PC 70  
June, 1917 Order
  PC 71 PC 72 PC 73 PC 74  
<– "P" Class Small Fry (UK) Kil Class –>