Artifex (F28) 1924 - 1961
Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
Fate: | Sold to Italian Ship breakers in 1964 and scrapped at La Spezia, |
Commissioned as HMS Artifex in January 1961
Events
06-02-1924 | Launched |
30-09-1939 | Passenger ship Aurania requisitioned by the Admiralty from the Cunard White Star Ltd, Liverpool for conversion to an armed merchant cruiser. |
24-03-1942 | Sold to the Admiralty following damage sustained in an attack by U-123, laid up for some time, but finally converted into a repair ship finished in 1944 |
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