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HMS Chelmer (K 221)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 221 
Built byGeorge Brown & Co. (Greenock, Scotland): Parsons 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Dec, 1941 
Launched27 Mar, 1943 
Commissioned29 Sep, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

This was one of the few turbine engined River-class frigates.

Scrapped in August 1957.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Albert Cherry, RNR
18 July 1943 – 8 September 1944

A/Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC and 2 Bars, RN
8 September 1944 – March 1945

A/Cdr. Rodney Charles Vesey Thomson, DSC, RN (retired)
March 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Chelmer include:

6 Apr, 1944
HMS Chelmer (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Cherry, RNR) picks up 36 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ruth I that was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 45º05'N, 35º11'W by the German submarine U-302.


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