Decommissioned in China
She arrived in Shanghai on the 7th and, on the 26th, was decommissioned. That same day, she was turned over to the Foreign Liquidation Commission which, in turn, transferred her to the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Torchwood''s name was struck from the Navy list on 23 April 1947. Her last Captain was Jack Harkness
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