Allied Warships

HMS Gorleston (Y 92)

Sloop of the Banff class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSloop
ClassBanff 
PennantY 92 
Built byGeneral Engineering & Drydock Co. (Oakland, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched16 Nov 1929 
Commissioned31 May 1941 
End service23 Apr 1946 
History

She was returned to the United States on 23 April 1946. Her recommissioning was cancelled and she was sold on 4 October 1950.

 
Former nameUSCGC Itasca

Commands listed for HMS Gorleston (Y 92)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. (retired) Ronald William Keymer, RN6 Jul 194110 Nov 1943
2Lt.Cdr. William Horace Clifton Wood-Roe, RD, RNR10 Nov 194316 Dec 1943
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Alan Emerson Leonard, RNZNVR16 Dec 194325 Jan 1945
4T/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Marcus Berlyn, SANF(V)25 Jan 1945Sep 1945
5Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC, RNSep 194529 Sep 1945

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Noteable events involving Gorleston include:


24 Sep 1941
HMS Gorleston (Cdr. R.W. Keymer, (retired), RN) picks up 26 survivors from the British merchant St. Clair II that was torpedoed and sunk west-northwest of the Canary Islands in position 30°25'N, 23°35'W by German U-boat U-67.

HMS Gorleston also picks up 68 survivors from the British merchant John Holt and 47 survivors from the British merchant Lafian that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-107 southwest of Madeira in position 31°12'N, 23°32'W.

19 Aug 1942
HMS Gorleston (Cdr. R.W. Keymer, (retired), RN) picks up 49 survivors from the British merchant City of Manila that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-406 west of Cape Finisterre in position 43°21'N, 18°20'W.

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