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Allied Warships

HMS Nyasaland (K 587)

Frigate of the Colony class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassColony 
PennantK 587 
Built byWalsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Sep, 1943 
Launched6 Oct, 1943 
Commissioned31 Jul, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the USN on 15 April 1946.

Commanding Officer:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Scott, DSC, RNVR
7 January 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
Bar to DSC awarded on 22 May 1945

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

Former nameUSS Hoste PF-83

Noteable events involving Nyasaland include:

17 Dec, 1944
The German submarine U-772 was sunk in the North Atlantic south of Cork, in position 51º16'N, 08º05'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Nyasaland (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Scott, DSC, RNVR). (see map)

4 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-1014 was sunk in the North Channel east of Malin Head, in position 55º17'N, 06º44'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Loch Scavaig (Lt.Cdr. C.W. Hancock, RNR), HMS Nyasaland (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Scott, DSC, RNVR), HMS Papua (A/Lt.Cdr. C.W. Leadbetter, RNR) and HMS Loch Shin (Cdr. J.P. de W. Kitcat, RN). (see map)

2 Mar, 1945
HMS Nyasaland (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Scott, DSC, RNVR) picks up 42 survivors from the British merchant King Edgar that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-1302 in the St. George´s Channel in position 52º05'N, 05º42'W.


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