Allied Warships

HMS Cooke (K 471)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 471 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Mar 1943 
Launched22 Apr 1943 
Commissioned30 Aug 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the United States and sold 3 June 1947.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Leonard Charles Hill, OBE, RD, RNR
23 August 1943 – 10 November 1944

Lt. Neil Derrick Cornwall, RN
10 November 1944 – ???

T/Lt. R.C.L. Laxenby, RNVR
??? - ???

T/Lt. V.R.S. Black, RNVR
??? – still listed in the October 1945 Navy List

 
Former nameUSS Dempsey DE 267

Commands listed for HMS Cooke (K 471)

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CommanderFromTo
1Leonard Charles Hill, RNR23 Aug 194310 Nov 1944
2Lt. Neil Derrick Cornwall, RN10 Nov 1944???

3R. C. L. Laxenby, RNVR??????

4V. R. S. Black, RNVR???Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Cooke 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)

26 Jul 1944
The German submarine U-214 was sunk in the English Channel south-east of Eddystone, in position 49º58'N, 03º30'W by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Cooke (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RD, RNR). (see map)

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