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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''PC 61'' (1917)|fatedate=Apr, 1923{{Conways1906|p. 96}} |order=December, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 96}} |name=PC 61 |launch=1917<ref>This is a guess. 1916-1918 is possible.</ref> |builder=[[Workman Clark]]{{Conways1906|p. 96}} |fate=Sold |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''PC 61''''' was one of twenty [["PC" Class Patrol Boat (1916)|"PC" class]] patrol boats built for the [[Royal Navy]]. The boat was sometimes referred to as '''P 61''' or '''PQ 61''' in contemporary documents. ==Service== In January, 1919, she was one of 13 "P" and "PC" boats allocated to mine clearance officers, working out of Devonport. She was assigned to Area 9.{{SMNLJan19|p. 17}} She was one of eight such boats that kept at the task longer than most, being still at work in July, though her whereabouts may have changed in the interim.{{SMNLJul19|p. 15}} Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 16 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 822}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''PC 61''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-PC61|f=p}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} R.N.R.|name=Frank Arthur Worsley|nick=Frank A. Worsley|appt=26 June, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 396''g''}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command|name=Aubrey Richard Courteney Douton|nick=Aubrey R. C. Douton|appt=16 September, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 860}}}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_PC_61_(1917)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer "PC" Class Patrol Boat (1916)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:PC 61}} {{CatShipPatrolBoat|UK}}

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