| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Colony |
| Pennant | K 594 |
| Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
| Laid down | 11 Oct 1943 |
| Launched | 11 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 22 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN 22 May 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Somaliland (K 594)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Keith Burns Hopkins, DSC, RNVR | 22 Feb 1944 | 6 Oct 1945 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Norman Hill, RNR | 6 Oct 1945 | 21 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Somaliland include:
3 Sep 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMS Cayman (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.C. Bradley, RNZNR) and HMS Somaliland (A/Lt.Cdr. K.B. Hopkins, DSC, RNVR). (1)
23 Nov 1944
HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMCS North Bay (T/A/Lt.Cdr. B. Hynes, RCNVR), HMCS Atholl (T/Lt. W.G. Garden, RCNVR), HMS Bahamas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomson, RNR) and HMS Somaliland (A/Lt.Cdr. K.B. Hopkins, DSC, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 199/1830
- ADM 173/19411
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.