HMS Largs

HMS "Largs" was a World War II era warship.

It was built by France and named MV "Charles Plumier" in 1938. Following the French collapse it was transferred in 1941 to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS "Largs". She took part in many operations including Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, and Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy.

In 1945 it was transferred to the Pacific War and used in actions in Thailand and Malaya. After the end of the war it was handed aback to France, and served for nineteen years. It was sold off to a private company from Greece in 1964 as a cruise ship, and given the name MV "Pleias". It was scrapped in 1968.

The ship's surgeon during Normandy was Lt DA Maciver who was just 21 years old having graduated as a doctor before his 21st birthday. He later transferred to the RCN becoming Chief Surgeon at the National Defence Medical Centre in Ottawa at a rank equivalent to an RN Commodore.

Surg.Lieut D A Maciver was 23 years old in June 1944.He qualified as a doctor in 1942 and joined the RNVR early in 1943.He was Mentioned in Dispatches for servives during the Normandy Landings.