HMNZS Killegray (T 174)

HMNZS Killegray (T 174)

MS Trawler of the Isles class

Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy

Type MS Trawler

Class Isles 

Pennant T 174 

Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes 

Ordered 13 Sep 1940 

Laid down 24 Jan 1941 

Launched 25 May 1941 

Commissioned 7 Nov 1941 

End service  

History Sold for scrap on 10 September 1958. 

Commands listed for HMNZS Killegray (T 174)

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Commander From To

1 Lt. Arthur Allan Bell, RNZNVR 6 Nov 1941 26 Oct 1943

2 T/Lt. Arnest Ashton Bradshaw, RNZNVR 26 Oct 1943

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Notable events involving Killegray include:

26 Jul 1945

HMS Vox (Lt. W.E.I. Littlejohn, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Auckland with HMNZS HDML 1183 (T/Lt. I.H. Curd, RNZNVR), HMNZS HDML 1184 (T/Lt. J. Gifford, RNZNVR), HMNZS HDML 1185 (T/Lt. G.R. Curtis, RNZNVR), HMNZS HDML 1190 (T/Lt. D.F. Davis, RNZNVR), HMNZS Sandra (Lt.Cdr. H.A. Dunnet, RNR), HMNZS Scarba (Lt. C.C. Stevens, RNZNVR), HMNZS Killegray (T/Lt. A.A. Bradshaw, RNZNVR) and HMNZS Muritai (T/Lt. W.D. Drake, RNZNR). (1)

27 Jul 1945

HMS Vox (Lt. W.E.I. Littlejohn, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Auckland with HMNZS Sandra (Lt.Cdr. H.A. Dunnet, RNR), HMNZS Scarba (Lt. C.C. Stevens, RNZNVR), HMNZS Killegray (T/Lt. A.A. Bradshaw, RNZNVR) and HMNZS Muritai (T/Lt. W.D. Drake, RNZNR). (1)

30 Jul 1945

HMS Vox (Lt. W.E.I. Littlejohn, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Auckland with HMNZS Sanda (Lt.Cdr. H.A. Dunnet, RNR), HMNZS Scarba (Lt. C.C. Stevens, RNZNVR), HMNZS Killegray (T/Lt. A.A. Bradshaw, RNZNVR), HMNZS Muritai (T/Lt. W.D. Drake, RNZNR), HMNZS HDML 1186 (T/Lt. A.R. Joughin, RNZNVR), HMNZS HDML 1187 (Lt. W.R.G. Reid, RNZNVR), HMNZS HDML 1189 (T/Lt. G.A.B. Walker, RNZNVR) and HMS HDML 1349 (T/Lt. A.J. Gillon, RNZNVR). (1)