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HMS Manners (K 568)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 568 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Aug, 1943 
Launched24 Sep, 1943 
Commissioned16 Dec, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 523 but not named.

On 26 January 1945, HMS Manners (A/Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, DSO, RN) was hit by one torpedo from U-1051 some 20 miles from Skerries, Isle of Man. The U-boat was sunk by the counter-attack of several escorts from the 4th and 5th Escort Group. The frigate broke in two after the hit, the stern sank with the loss of four officers and 39 ratings, while 15 others were injured. The forepart of the vessel was towed into Barrow in Furness and was declared a total loss. On 12 December 1946 the wreck was sold to a Greek ship breaker and scrapped 1947 in Piraeus, Greece.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Denis Jermain, DSC and Bar, RN
16 December 1943 – 27 November 1944

A/Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, DSO, RN
27 November 1944 – Still in command in January 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Manners is not listed as active unit in the April 1945 Navy List 

Hit by U-boat
A total loss on 26 Jan, 1945 by U-1051 (Holleben).

Former nameDE 523

Noteable events involving Manners include:

26 Oct, 1944
The Norwegian corvette Rose was rammed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 45º50'N, 40º15'W by the british frigate HMS Manners (see map)

26 Jan, 1945
The German submarine U-1051 was sunk in the Irish Sea south of the Isle of Man, in position 53º39'N, 05º23'W, by ramming and depth charges from the British frigates HMS Aylmer (Lt. A.D.B. Campbell, RN), HMS Calder (Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, RNVR), HMS Bentinck (Cdr. R.C.S. Garwood, RN) and HMS Manners (A/Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (see map)


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