| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 552 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 Jul 1943 |
| Launched | 2 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 87 but not named. HMS Ekins (Lt. A.R. Tandevin, RNVR) was severely damaged by a mine in the North Sea some 13 miles north-west of Ostend, Belgium on 16 April 1945, declared a total loss. Scrapped in the Netherlands. Ekins Commanding Officers: Lt. A.R. Tandevin, DSC, RNVR T/Lt. Robert John Slater, RNVR HMS Ekins is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | DE 87 |
Commands listed for HMS Ekins (K 552)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/S.Lt. George Graham Bonner-Davis, RNVR | Nov 1943 | 16 Aug 1944 | |
| 2 | Anthony Richard Tandevin, RNVR | 16 Oct 1944 | ??? | |
| 3 | Robert John Slater, RNVR | ??? | Jul 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Ekins 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. Diggins, RN) and HMS Ekins (Lt. G. Bonner-Davies, RN). (see map)