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HMS Domett (K 473)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 473 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Apr, 1943 
Launched19 May, 1943 
Commissioned3 Sep, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the USN after the war and sold on 3 June 1947.

Commanding Officer:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. S. Gordon, RNVR
15 August 1943 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Domett is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameUSS Eisner DE 269

Noteable events involving Domett include:

29 Jun, 1944
The German submarine U-988 was sunk in the English Channel west of Guernsey, in position 49º37'N, 03º41'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Essington (A/Lt.Cdr. W. Lambert, RNVR), HMS Duckworth (Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Domett (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S. Gordon, RNVR), HMS Cooke (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RD, RNR) and a Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 244/L). (see map)


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