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HMS Byron (K 508)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 508 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 May, 1943 
Launched14 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned30 Oct, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 79 but not named.

Returned to the USN on 24 November 1945. Stricken and scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. K.G.L. Southcombe, RN
31 October 1943 – 12 November 1944

Lt. John Blackmore Burfield, DSC, RN
12 November 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameDE 79

Noteable events involving Byron include:

27 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-722 was sunk in the North Atlantic near the Hebrides, in position 57º09'N, 06º55'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy (Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR), HMS Redmill (Lt. J.R.A. Denne, RN) and HMS Byron (Lt. J. Burfield, DSC, RN). (see map)

8 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-1001 was sunk in the Atlantic south-west of Land's End, in position 49º19'N, 10º23'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy (Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR), and HMS Byron (Lt. J. Burfield, RN). (see map)


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