Allied Warships

HMS Anguilla (K 500)

Frigate of the Colony class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassColony 
PennantK 500 
Built byWalsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Apr 1943 
Launched14 Jul 1943 
Commissioned15 Oct 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the US on 31 May, 1946.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Chistopher Morrison-Payne, RNVR
8 July 1943 – 19 May 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Douglas Cameron Williams, RNVR
19 May 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Former nameUSS Hallowell PF-72

Commands listed for HMS Anguilla (K 500)

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CommanderFromTo
1Chistopher Morrison-Payne, RNVR8 Jul 194319 May 1945
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Douglas Cameron Williams, RNVR19 May 194518 Mar 1946

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Noteable events involving Anguilla include:


29 Apr 1945
The German submarine U-286 was sunk in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Russia, in position 69º29'N, 33º37'E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, DSC, RNVR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and HMS Cotton (Lt.Cdr. I.W.T. Beloe, RN). (see map)

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