Frigate of the River class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | River |
| Pennant | K 217 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 19 Aug, 1941 |
| Launched | 16 Jan, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 24 Jun, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Transferred to the South African Navy on 26 July 1945.
Returned to the Royal Navy in January 1946.
Scrapped on 26 February 1955.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Jackson, RNR
14 April 1942- 5 July 1944
DSC awarded on 7 September 1943
A/Lt.Cdr. Patrick Varwell Collings, DSC, RNR
5 July 1944 - 26 July 1945 |
| Career notes | To South Africa as Swale |
| Noteable events involving Swale include: 17 May, 1943
The German submarine U-657 was sunk east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 58º54'N, 42º33'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Swale (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, RNR). (see map) 6 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-302 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 45º05'N, 35º11'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Swale (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, DSC, RNR). (see map) |
