Allied Warships

HMS Seychelles (K 592)

Frigate of the Colony class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassColony 
PennantK 592 
Built byWalsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) 
Ordered10 Jun 1943 
Laid down28 Sep 1943 
Launched30 Oct 1943 
Commissioned12 Feb 1944 
End service 
History

Returned to the USN in June 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Seychelles (K 592)

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CommanderFromTo
1A/Lt.Cdr. Ralph Eric Baldwin-Wiseman, RD, RNR28 Jun 194422 Aug 1945
2Lt. Keith Frank Shortland Harper, RNR22 Aug 1945mid 1946

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Notable events involving Seychelles include:


26 Feb 1945
HMS Unruly (T/Lt. D.J. Palmer, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Sealyham, HMS Thirlmere (T/Lt. H.O. Olsen, RNR), HMS Knaresborough Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.F. Marchant, RNR) and HMS Seychelles (A/Lt.Cdr. R.E. Baldwin-Wiseman, RD, RNR). (1)

27 Feb 1945
HMS Unruly (T/Lt. D.J. Palmer, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Knaresborough Castle (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.F. Marchant, RNR), HMS Seychelles (A/Lt.Cdr. R.E. Baldwin-Wiseman, RD, RNR), HMS Jasper (Lt. J.N. Kempton, RN) and HMS Sealyham. (1)

28 Feb 1945
HMS Unruly (T/Lt. D.J. Palmer, RNVR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Seychelles (A/Lt.Cdr. R.E. Baldwin-Wiseman, RD, RNR) and HMS Jasper (Lt. J.N. Kempton, RN). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/20142

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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