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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 
Loss position
 
History

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

Commanding Officers:
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Cdr. Ronald William Keymer, RN (retired)
6 July 1941 – 10 November 1943

Lt.Cdr. W.H.C. Wood-Roe, RNR
10 November 1943 – 16 December 1943

T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.A.E. Leonard, RNZNVR
16 December 1943 – 25 January 1945

T/Lt. G.M. Darlynn, SANF(V)
25 January 1945 – September 1945

Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC and 2 Bars, RN
September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameUSCG Itasca

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 30º25'N, 23º35'W by the German submarine 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 the German submarine U-107 southwest of Madeira in position 31º12'N, 23º32'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 the German submarine U-406 west of Cape Finisterre in position 43º21'N, 18º20'W.


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