Allied Warships

HMS Ness (K 219)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 219 
Built byHenry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.): Plenty 
Ordered 
Laid down3 Sep 1941 
Launched30 Jul 1942 
Commissioned22 Dec 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap in September 1956.

Commanding Officers:
A/Cdr. Trevor George Payne Crick, DSC, RN
November 1942 – 27 September 1943
Bar to DSC awarded on 10 September 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Rupert Henry Marchington, MBE, RNVR
27 September 1943 – 31 August 1944
Promoted to T/Lt.Cdr. on ???
Promoted to T/Cdr. on 31 July 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Sidney Steel, RNR
31 August 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Ness (K 219)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Trevor George Payne Crick, RNNov 194227 Sep 1943
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Rupert Henry Marchington, RNVR27 Sep 194331 Aug 1944
3Ronald Sidney Steel, RNR31 Aug 194418 Oct 1945

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Noteable events involving Ness include:


23 May 1943
The Italian submarine Leonardo Da Vinci (offsite link) was sunk north-east of the Azores by the British destroyer HMS Active (Lt.Cdr. P.G. Merriman, RN ) and the British frigate HMS Ness (A/Cdr. T.G.P. Crick, DSC, RN).

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