Allied Warships

HMS Pasley (K 564)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 564 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Jul 1943 
Launched30 Aug 1943 
Commissioned15 Nov 1943 
End service20 Mar 1946 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 519 but not named.
Transferred to Britain under the Lend-Lease Programme.
First named HMS Lindsay but as it became clear that there was a Canadian corvette called HMCS Lindsay she was renamed HMS Pasley shortly after being christened.
Returned to the USN on 20 March 1946 and broken up for scrap.  

Former nameHMS Lindsay

Commands listed for HMS Pasley (K 564)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Peter George Roots Mitchell, RNNov 1943Apr 1945
2T/Lt. James Robin, RNVRApr 1945mid 1945

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Notable events involving Pasley include:


6 Jun 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Pasley (Lt. P.G.R. Mitchell, RN). (1)

7 Jun 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Pasley (Lt. P.G.R. Mitchell, RN). (1)

8 Jun 1944
HrMs O 15 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Pasley (Lt. P.G.R. Mitchell, RN). (1)

24 Aug 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt. S.H. de Boer, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Bazely (A/Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.W. Cooper, RNR), HMS Calder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, RNVR) and HMS Pasley (Lt. P.G.R. Mitchell, RN). (2)

10 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Bentinck (Cdr. R.C.S. Garwood, RN) and HMS Pasley (Lt. P.G.R. Mitchell, RN). (3)

Media links


The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War
Collingwood, Donald

Sources

  1. File 2.12.03.6399 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
  2. File 2.12.03.6385 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
  3. ADM 173/19365

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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