| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 559 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 11 Aug 1943 |
| Launched | 20 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 Dec 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 94 but not named. Returned to the USN on 5 January 1946. Scrapped. |
| Former name | DE 94 |
Commands listed for HMS Cosby (K 559)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Richard Sinclair Connell, RNR | 18 Dec 1943 | 20 Aug 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Lester Allan Pepperell, RN | 20 Aug 1944 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Cosby include:
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. (1)
8 May 1945
HMS Cosby was the first ship to liberate the Channel Island Jersey. (2)
21 Aug 1945
HMS Upshot (Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Holmes (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.S. Boyle, RNVR), HMS Cosby (Lt. L.A. Pepperell, RN) and HMS Conqueror (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.R. Brown, RNVR). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 53/120126 + ADM 53/120127
- Personal communication
- ADM 173/20194
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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