This Website has been set up to reunite ex crew members of H.M.S. Fleetwood which was one of the numerous small ships that were the "Unsung Heroes" of World War 2. These small ships which took part in the early campaigns such as the Norwegian campaign, the North African landings Operation Torch and the Battle of the Atlantic and Western Approaches did Britain proud. Because of their low fuel consumption they usually remained at sea with the convoys long after the more powerful Destroyers etc. had to return to port because of fuel shortage. The Fleetwood was one of those small ships.


     After the war when a great many of these ships were put into reserve and eventually sold off to other countries or scrapped . The Fleetwood went into reserve at Hartlepool on the Tees. However she did not stay there for long within a few months she was taken out of reserve was disarmed and refitted to become a Radar and Radio trials ship for the Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment based in Portsmouth. In the late 1940 s and 1950.s Fleetwood trained sailors in the art of Radar and Radio communications and taught them what was then relatively new technology.


    We have members of the Association dating back to those early days of 1939 right up till the end of the war when she went into reserve. Also from starting her new career in 1946 till her final decommissioning and scrapping in 1959. Fleetwood had one of the longest records of service in the Royal Navy and she steamed over 400,000 miles. She was also a very happy ship both during and after the war, ask any of our Association members. Of all the ships our members served on during their Naval careers, most of them will tell you that their happiest time was aboard the Fleetwood. HMS. Fleetwood was named after the Lancashire fishing port famous for its 3 Lighthouses two of which are in the centre of the town