HMS Southdown

HMS Southdown (L 25)

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Escort destroyer
Class:	Hunt (Type I)
Pennant:	L 25
Built by:	J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.)
Laid down:	22 Aug, 1939
Launched:	5 Jul, 1940
Commissioned:	8 Nov, 1940
History:
	Sold to be broken up for scrap on 1 November 1956 and scrapped at Barrow. *Commanding Officers:* Cdr. Edward Reignier Conder, DSO, DSC, RN 10 September 1940 – 5 February 1941 Cdr. Geoffrey Neame Loriston-Clarke, RN 5 February 1941 – 15 January 1942 Lt. J.B. Majoribanks, RN 15 January 1942 – August 1943 Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on ??? Lt. T.C.V. Fanshawe, RN August 1943 – February 1945 Lt.Cdr. A.T. Morgan, RNVR February 1945 – 11 September 1945 Lt. A.N. MacPherson, RN 11 September 1945 - still in command in October 194