| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 515 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 9 Jul 1943 |
| Launched | 13 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 9 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 517 but not named. Returned to the USN on 20 March 1946. Scrapped. |
| Former name | DE 517 |
Commands listed for HMS Louis (K 515)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Johnston, RNR | 9 Nov 1943 | 7 May 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. (retired) Lewis Bernard Alexander Majendie, RN | 7 May 1944 | 4 Mar 1945 |
| 3 | A/Lt.Cdr. John Humphrey Michael Sowry, RNVR | 4 Mar 1945 | ??? |
| 4 | A/Cdr. Wilfred Lambert, RNVR | ??? | Oct 1945 ? |
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Notable events involving Louis include:
2 Feb 1944
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.N. Joyce, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR), HMS Camellia (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Lyons, RNVR) and aircraft. (1)
5 Mar 1944
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.N. Joyce, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR). (2)
6 Mar 1944
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.N. Joyce, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR). (2)
7 Mar 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR), HMCS Waskesiu (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Fraser, RCNR), HMCS Rimouski (T/Lt. R.J. Pickford, RCNVR) and HMCS Snowberry (T/Lt. J.A. Dunn, RCNVR). (3)
9 Mar 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR). In the afternoon exercises were sheduled with aircraft but these had to be cancelled due to the weather conditions. (4)
14 Mar 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Tavy (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F. Ardern, RNR), HMS Swale (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, DSC, RNR), HMS Starwort (Lt. A.H. Kent, RNR), HMS Geranium (T/Lt. G. Wallace, RNR), HMS Londonderry (Lt.Cdr. L.B. Philpott, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and HMS Petunia (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR). (3)
24 Aug 1944
German U-boat U-445 in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, France, in position 47°21'N, 05°50'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Louis (A/Cdr. L.B.A. Majendie, RN (retired)).
24 Nov 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Narborough (Lt.Cdr. W.R. Muttram, DSC, RN), HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR), HMS Inglis (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.P. Cobbold, RNVR) and HMS Lawson (Lt. J.P. Somerville, RN). (5)
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Sources
- ADM 173/18513
- ADM 173/18514
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18493
- ADM 173/19423
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.