Frigate of the Captain class
Photo courtesy of Gordon Simmonds.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 509 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 Jun, 1943 |
| Launched | 21 Aug, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 31 Oct, 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Assigned USN penant DE 80 but not named.
Returned to the USN on 26 November 1945. Stricken and scrapped.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. C.T.D. Williams, RN
29 October 1943 – September 1944
Lt.Cdr. Raymond Hart, DSC and Bar, RN
September 1944 – June 1945
Lt.Cdr. Alexander Kenneth Mackelvie, MBE, VD, RNVR
June 1945 – July 1945
Lt. Anthony George Glanusk Vanrenen, RN
July 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Former name | DE 80 |
| Noteable events involving Conn include: 27 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-905 was sunk in the North Atlantic in the Minch Canal in position 58.34N, 05.46W by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map) 30 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-965 was sunk north of Scotland, in position 58.19N, 05.31W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Rupert (Lt. P.C.S. Black, RN) and HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map) |
