Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Colony |
Pennant | K 596 |
Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
Laid down | 20 Oct 1943 |
Launched | 21 Nov 1943 |
Commissioned | 21 Jun 1944 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 31 May 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Zanzibar (K 596)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Frank Fairfax Parker, RNVR | 6 Mar 1944 | 11 Dec 1944 |
2 | Lt. David Oliver Dykes, RN | 11 Dec 1944 | Feb 1945 |
3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Denis Malet Lambert, DSC, RNR | Feb 1945 | early 1946 |
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