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HMS Aylmer (K 463)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 463 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Apr, 1943 
Launched10 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned30 Sep, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the US on 5 Nov, 1945. Stricken on 19 Dec, 1945 and scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. A.D.P. Campbell, RN
July 1943 – June 1945

A/T/Lt.Cdr. A.G. Gardner, RNVR
June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameUSS Harmon DE 72

Noteable events involving Aylmer include:

6 May, 1944
The German submarine U-765 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 52º30'N, 28º28'W, by depth charges from 2 Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) of the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN) and the British frigates HMS Bickerton (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and 2 Bars, RN), HMS Bligh (A/Lt.Cdr. J.W. Cooper, RNR (retired)) and HMS Aylmer (Lt. A.D.P. Campbell, RN). (see map)

26 Jan, 1945
The German submarine U-1051 was sunk in the Irish Sea south of the Isle of Man, in position 53º39'N, 05º23'W, by ramming and depth charges from the British frigates HMS Aylmer (Lt. A.D.B. Campbell, RN), HMS Calder (Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, DSC, RNVR), HMS Bentinck (Cdr. R.C.S. Garwood, RN) and HMS Manners (A/Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (see map)


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