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HMS Grindall (K 477)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 477 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Apr, 1943 
Launched4 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned23 Sep, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. W. Cole, RD, RNR
23 September 1943 – 2 November 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. David Turquand-Young, RNVR
2 November 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Grindall is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameUSS Sanders DE-273

Noteable events involving Grindall include:

15 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-285 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50º13'N, 12º48'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Grindall (T/A/Lt.Cdr. D. Turquand-Young, RNVR) and HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, DSC, RNR). (see map)


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