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HMS Musketeer 1943

"Crew-mate An Chu sends us his first MSW submission, a fine batch of images of his M Class Destroyer, HMS Musketeer, in this MSW "On Display" feature!"

the vessel

Class-M
Pennant-G 86
Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland)
Laid down-7 Dec, 1939
Launched-2 Dec, 1941
Commissioned-18 Sep, 1942
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 6 December 1955.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Donald Thorn Dowler, RN
16 June 1942 - December 1942

Cdr. Edmund Neville Vincent Currey, DSC, RN
December 1942 - 6 October 1943

Cdr. Ralph Lindsay Fisher, OBE, DSO, RN 6 October 1943 - 20 February 1945
DSC awarded on 5 January 1944

Cdr. Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN
20 February 1945 - August 1945

Cdr. Robert Marriott Aubrey, DSC, RN
August 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

the model

White Ensign Models, 1/700 scale, full resin HMS Milne (Reference #K 750), built as HMS Musketeer.