Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Captain |
Pennant | K 553 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 24 Aug 1943 |
Launched | 1 Sep 1943 |
Commissioned | 16 Oct 1943 |
End service | |
History | Assigned USN penant DE 88 but not named. HMS Fitzroy is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Returned to the USN on 6 January 1946. Scrapped. Battle Honours include; Battle of Atlantic - Arctic Convoys & Normandy Landings. |
Former name | DE 88 |
Commands listed for HMS Fitzroy (ii) (K 553)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Colin Henry Campbell, DSC, RN | 16 Oct 1943 | Jan 1944 |
2 | Lt. Charles Duncan Campbell McNeil, RNVR | Jan 1944 | 17 Apr 1944 |
3 | A/Lt.Cdr. Alan John McCullogh Miller, DSC, RNVR | 17 Apr 1944 | early 1945 |
4 | Lt.Cdr. Orme Gordon Stuart, RCNVR | early 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Fitzroy (ii) include:
4 Dec 1944
HMS Ultimatum (Lt. W.H. Kett, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Fishguard with HMS Fitzroy (A/Lt.Cdr. A.J. McCullogh Miller, DSC, RNVR). (1)
5 Dec 1944
HMS Ultimatum (Lt. W.H. Kett, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Fishguard with HMS Fitzroy (A/Lt.Cdr. A.J. McCullogh Miller, DSC, RNVR). (1)
27 Mar 1945
German U-boat U-722 was sunk in the North Atlantic near the Hebrides, in position 57°09'N, 06°55'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy (Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR), HMS Redmill (Lt. J.R.A. Denne, RN) and HMS Byron (Lt. J. Burfield, DSC, RN).
8 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-1001 was sunk in the Atlantic south-west of Land's End, in position 49°19'N, 10°23'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy (Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR), and HMS Byron (Lt. J. Burfield, RN).
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Sources
- ADM 173/19166
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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