HMS Maidstone

Ships and Boats

HMS Maidstone was a submarine depot ship of the Royal Navy. During the Second World War, she operated in the Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. She was later used as a barracks ship and then as a prison ship in Northern Ireland.

Type: Submarine depot ship
Second World War service: Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific oceans
Later use: Barracks ship and prison ship in Northern Ireland

Sources and credits

Article: HMS Maidstone (1937) (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q2599840
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Illustration: By Claude Henry Parnall. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
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