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HMS Curzon (K 513)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 513 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Jun, 1943 
Launched18 Sep, 1943 
Commissioned20 Nov, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 84 but not named.

Returned to the USN on 27 March 1946. Stricken and scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
A/Lt.Cdr. Allen Augustus Diggens, DSC, RN
20 November 1943 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Bar to DSC awarded on 10 April 1945 

Former nameDE 84

Noteable events involving Curzon include:

21 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-212 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50º27'N, 00º13'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Curzon (Lt.Cdr. A.A. Diggins, DSC, RN) and HMS Ekins (Lt. G.G. Bonner-Davies, RN). (see map)


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