Allied Warships

HMS Stayner (K 573)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 573 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Sep 1943 
Launched6 Nov 1943 
Commissioned30 Jan 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 564 but not named.

Returned to the USN on 24 November 1946. Scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Harry John Hall, DSO, DSC, RD, RNR
30 December 1943 – 2 September 1944

Lt. Alan Vincent Turner, RNVR
2 September 1944 – June 1945
DSC awarded on 19 December 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Richard Ashton Clarke, RNVR
June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Former nameDE 564

Commands listed for HMS Stayner (K 573)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Harry John Hall, DSC, RD, DSO, RNR30 Dec 19432 Sep 1944
2Lt. Alan Vincent Turner, RNVR2 Sep 1944Jun 1945
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. Richard Ashton Clarke, RNVR1 Jun 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Stayner include:


5 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-671 was sunk at 0200hrs on 5 Aug 1944 in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50º23'N, 00º06'E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Stayner (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Hall, DSO, DSC, RNR) and the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR). (see map)

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