| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Colony |
| Pennant | K 595 |
| Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
| Laid down | 16 Oct 1943 |
| Launched | 16 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | HMS Tortola is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List Returned to the USN on 22 May 1946. |
| Former name | PF-91 |
Commands listed for HMS Tortola (K 595)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Gerald Charles Leonard Payne, RNVR | 23 Dec 1943 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Tortola include:
12 Oct 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Tortola (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.C.L. Payne, RNVR), HMS Sarawak (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Rayner, RD, RNR) and HMS Bahamas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomson, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19300
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.