Allied Warships

HMS Hotham (K 583)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 583 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Nov 1943 
Launched22 Dec 1943 
Commissioned8 Feb 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 574 but not named.

Returned to the USN on 13 March 1946. Scrapped. Hotham

Commanding Officers:
???

A/Lt.Cdr. Sydney Ayles, RNR
March 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Former nameDE 574

Commands listed for HMS Hotham (K 583)

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1A/Lt.Cdr. Sydney Ayles, RNRMar 1944Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Hotham include:


28 Jun 1944
HMS Hotham (A/Lt.Cdr. S. Ayles, RNR) and HMS Eglinton (Lt.Cdr. F.M. Graves, RN) pick up survivors from the British merchant Maid of Orleans southeast of St.Catherine´s Point, Isle of Wight in position 50º06'N, 00º41'W.

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