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HMS Helmsdale (K 253)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 253 
Built byA & J Inglis Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) : Parsons 
Ordered 
Laid down13 Aug, 1942 
Launched5 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned15 Oct, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

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

Scrapped 14 November 1957.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.J. Simpson, RNR
1 September 1943 – 27 December 1943

Cdr. Colin William McMullen, DSC, RN
27 December 1943 – September 1944

Cdr. Philip Whitworth Burnett, DSC and Bar, RN
September 1944 – 3 April 1945

Cdr. Hugh William Falcon-Stewart, RN
3 April 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Helmsdale is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Helmsdale include:

9 Sep, 1944
The German submarine U-484 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of Ireland, in position 55º45'N, 11º41'W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Portchester Castle (Lt. A.G. Scott, RNR) and the British frigate HMS Helmsdale (Cdr. P.W. Burnett, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)


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