Allied Warships

HMS Rutherford (K 558)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 558 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Aug 1943 
Launched23 Oct 1943 
Commissioned16 Dec 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 93 but not named.

Returned to the US Navy on 25 October 1945. Scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. John Geoffrey Brookes, DSC, RN
15 December 1943 – ???

Lt. Gerald Faulkner Pain, RN
??? – still listed in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Former nameDE 93

Commands listed for HMS Rutherford (K 558)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. John Geoffrey Brookes, DSC, RN15 Dec 1943???

2S.Lt. Gerald Faulkner Pain, RN???Oct 1945 ?

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