| Navy | The Free French Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 267 |
| Built by | Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 19 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | 30 May 1942 |
| Launched | 1 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 3 Mar 1944 |
| End service | 1960 |
| History | Transferred to the F.N.F.L. (Free French) on 3 March 1944 and renamed L'Escarmouche. |
| Former name | HMS Frome |
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Notable events involving L'Escarmouche include:
13 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with FFS L'Escarmouche, HMS Rushen Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.C. Warwick, DSC, RNR), HMS Nadder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.E. Kitto, RNR) and HMS Dumbarton Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.F. Broadhead, RNR). (1)
21 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with
FFS L'Escarmouche and FFS L'Aventure. (1)
22 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with
FFS L'Escarmouche, FFS L'Aventure, HMS Dovey (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.W.F. Bolland, RNR) and HMS Loring (Lt. A.d'E.T. Sangster, RN). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19326
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.