Allied Warships

HMS Cubitt (K 512)

Frigate of the Captain class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	Captain
Pennant	K 512
Built by	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	10 Jan 1942
Laid down	9 Jun 1943
Launched	11 Sep 1943
Commissioned	17 Nov 1943
End service
History	Assigned USN penant DE 83 but not named. Returned to the USN on 4 March 1946. Stricken and scrapped.
Former name	DE 83

Commands listed for HMS Cubitt (K 512)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. George Denys Gregory, RN	17 Nov 1943	early 1946

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Notable events involving Cubitt include:

12 Feb 1944
HMS Vox (Lt. J.M. Michell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Asphodel (T/Lt. M.A. Halliday, RNZNR), HMS Clover (Lt. T.E. Fanshawe, RNR) and HMS Cubitt (Lt. G.D. Gregory, RN). (1)

30 Mar 1944
Around 2100A/30, HMS Nelson (Capt. A.H. Maxwell-Hyslop, AM, RN) departed Greenock for Rosyth where she arrived around 1045A/1. At Rosyth she is to be taken in hand for exchanging the gun barrels of her main and secondary armament. On leaving the Clyde she is joined by the frigates HMS Cosby (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.S. Connell, RNR), HMS Cubitt (Lt. G.D. Gregory, RN) and HMS Curzon (Lt. A.A. Diggins, DSC, RN).

Around 1245A/31, the frigates HMS Byron (Lt. K.G.L. Southcombe, RN) and HMS Rutherford (Lt. J.G. Brookes, DSC, RN) also joined coming from Aultbea.

after having parted company with the battleship off Rosyth the frigates continued on towards Sheerness where they arrived on 2 April. (2)