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HMS Goodson (K 480)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 480 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down20 May, 1943 
Launched8 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned9 Oct, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

At 15.14 hours on 25 June 1944 the German submarine U-984 fired a Gnat torpedo at the ships of the 5th Escort Group and hit HMS Goodson (A/Lt.Cdr. Jack Winston Cooper, RNR (retired)) in the stern. She was towed to Portland by HMS Bligh and declared a total loss.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.B. Allen, RNR
9 October 1943 – May 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. Jack Winston Cooper, RNR (retired)
May 1944 – ca. June / July 1944 

Hit by U-boat
A total loss on 25 Jun, 1944 by U-984 (Sieder).

Former nameUSS George DE 276

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