Frigate of the River class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 392 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 Mar, 1943 |
| Launched | 15 Sep, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 Jan, 1944 |
| End service | , 1945 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy in 1945 and renamed Shamsher.
Commanding Officer:
A/T.Lt.Cdr. Philip Edward Kitto, RNR
15 October 1943 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Nadder include: 1 Sep, 1944
The British merchant Troilus is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-859 about 300 nautical miles north-east of Socotra Island in position 14º10'N, 61º04'E. Later HMS Nadder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.E. Kitto, RNR) and HMS Taff (Cdr. G.A.G. Ormsby, DSO, DSC, RN) together pick up 95 survivors and landed them at Aden on 10 September. |
