Allied Warships

HMS Dacres (K 472)

Frigate of the Captain class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	Captain
Pennant	K 472
Built by	Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	7 Apr 1943
Launched	19 May 1943
Commissioned	28 Aug 1943
End service
Loss position

History	Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Leo Patrick Bourke, RD, RNZNR 7 August 1943 – December 1943 ??? Lt. Kenneth Innes Hamilton, DSC and Bar, RN 31 January 1944 – 1 September 1944 T/A/Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Court Julian, RNZNVR 1 September 1944 – 26 February 1945 T/Lt.Cdr. Roger Leigh-Wood, RNVR 26 February 1945 – 16 April 1945 Cdr. Anthony Henry Thorold, OBE, DSC and Bar, RN 16 April 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List Bar to DSC awarded on 19 June 1945
Former name	USS Duffy DE 268

Commands listed for HMS Dacres (K 472)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Leo Patrick Bourke, RNZNR	7 Aug 1943	Dec 1943

2	Lt. Kenneth Innes Hamilton, DSC, RN	31 Jan 1944	1 Sep 1944
3	Geoffrey Court Julian, RNZNVR	1 Sep 1944	26 Feb 1945
4	T/A/Lt.Cdr. Roger Leigh-Wood, RNVR	26 Feb 1945	16 Apr 1945
5	Lt. Anthony Henry Thorold, RN	16 Apr 1945	Jul 1945

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