Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type III) |
| Pennant | L 09 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Mar, 1941 |
| Launched | 11 Jul, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 7 Dec, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Scrapped at Rosyth in January 1953.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. Charles Wickham Malins, RN
28 October 1942 – 5 October 1943
DSC awarded on 10 November 1942
Bar to DSC awarded on 4 May 1943
T/A/Lt.Cdr. ??? (Can’t read it in October 1943 Navy list due to blurred photograph)
5 October 1943 – ???
HMS Easton was in Dockyard Control during repairs
Lt. Loftus Edward Peyton-Jones, MBE, DSO, DSC, RN
July 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
HMS Easton was in Dockyard Control during refit |
| Noteable events involving Easton include: 17 Feb, 1943
Around 2200 hours the Italian submarine Asteria (630 tons) was sunk off Bougie, Algeria by the British escort destroyers HMS Wheatland (Lt.Cdr. R. de L. Brooke, DSC, RN) and HMS Easton (Lt. C.W. Malins, RN). 22 Aug, 1943
The German submarine U-458 was sunk in the Mediterranean south-east of Pantelleria, Italy, in position 36º25'N, 12º39'E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Easton and the Greek escort destroyer Pindos. (see map) |
