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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''PC 56''''' was one of 20 patrol boats of the [["PC" Class Patrol Boat (1916)|PC class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''PC 56''''' was one of twenty [["PC" Class Patrol Boat (1916)|"PC" class]] patrol boats built for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
The boat was sometimes referred to as '''P 56''' or '''PQ 56''' in contemporary documents.
 
The boat was sometimes referred to as '''P 56''' or '''PQ 56''' in contemporary documents.
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==Service==
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At some point in her service as a Q-ship, "PC 56'' was fittted with a rather convincing false bow that converted her appearance to that of a merchant steamer; the lines aft were less complete in their disguise.<ref>Robert M. Grant.  ''U-boats Destroyed''.  Image 23.</ref>
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Recommissioned on 13 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 821}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=William Alexander Florence|nick=William A. Florence|appt=21 July, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 860}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis Charles Hanna|nick=Francis C. Hanna|appt=20 March, 1919|end=20 May, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis Charles Hanna|nick=Francis C. Hanna|appt=13 November, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 821}}|end=1 February, 1922}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gordon Charles Steele|nick=Gordon C. Steele|appt=1 February, 1922<ref>Steele Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>|end=28 June, 1922<ref>Steele Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 08:06, 5 August 2019

H.M.S. PC 56 (1917)
Builder: Barclay Curle & Company[1]
Ordered: December, 1916[2]
Launched: 2 Jun, 1917[3]
Sold: Jul, 1923[4]
H.M.S. PC 56 was one of twenty "PC" class patrol boats built for the Royal Navy.

The boat was sometimes referred to as P 56 or PQ 56 in contemporary documents.

Service

At some point in her service as a Q-ship, "PC 56 was fittted with a rather convincing false bow that converted her appearance to that of a merchant steamer; the lines aft were less complete in their disguise.[5]

Recommissioned on 13 January, 1920.[6]

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. Robert M. Grant. U-boats Destroyed. Image 23.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 821.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 860.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 821.
  9. Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.
  10. Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.

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 –>