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HMS Duckworth (K 351)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 351 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Jan, 1943 
Launched1 May, 1943 
Commissioned4 Aug, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the USN on 17 December 1945. Sold for scrap on 29 May 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Hugh Lloyd-Williams, DSO, RNVR
July 1943 – 19 November 1943

Cdr. Ronald George Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN
19 November 1943 – February 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. Denis Jermain, DSC and Bar, RN
February 1945 – 23 July 1945

Lt. B.W.K. Hewson, RN
23 July 1945 – still in command in October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameUSS Thomas J Gary DE 61

Noteable events involving Duckworth include:

9 Oct, 1943
The British frigate HMS Duckworth and the Canadian corvette HMCS Kamloops together pick up 54 survivors from the American merchant Yorkmar that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-645 about 475 nautical miles south of Iceland in position 56º38'N, 20º30'W.

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)

14 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-618 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, in position 47º22'N, 04º39'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Duckworth and HMS Essington and by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 53/G). (see map)

27 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-1208 was sunk in the English Channel south-east of Isles of Scilly, in position 49º51'783N, 06º06'750W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Duckworth (A/Lt.Cdr. D. Jermain, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Rowley (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Jones, RNR). (see map)

26 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-399 was sunk in the English Channel near Land's End, in position 49º56'N, 05º22'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Duckworth (Lt. D. Jermain, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)

29 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-1169 was sunk in the English Channel south of Lizard Point, in position 49º58'N, 05º25'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Duckworth (Lt. D. Jermain, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)


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