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Artifex (F28) 1924 - 1961

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Fate: Sold to Italian Ship breakers in 1964 and scrapped at La Spezia,

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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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