Allied Warships

HMS Moorsom (K 567)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 567 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Aug 1943 
Launched24 Sep 1943 
Commissioned10 Dec 1943 
End service 
History

Assigned USN pennant DE 522 but not named.

HMS Moorsom is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List

Returned to the US Navy on 25 October 1945. Scrapped.

 
Former nameDE 522

Commands listed for HMS Moorsom (K 567)

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1Lt.Cdr. John Parker Stewart, DSC, RD, RNR10 Dec 1943

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Notable events involving Moorsom include:


28 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Moorsom (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Seymour (Lt. G.J. Parry, RNR) and HMS Stayner (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Hall, DSO, DSC, RNR). (1)

14 Aug 1944
HMS Urtica (Lt. K.H. Martin, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Moorsom (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, DSC, RD, RNR). (2)

17 Aug 1944
Around 0600B/17, 'Force 32', made up of the escort carrier HMS Fencer (A/Capt. W.W.R. Bentinck, OBE, RN), frigates HMS Moorsom (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and the corvettes HMS Abelia (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR), HNoMS Acanthus (?) and HNoMS Rose departed Loch Foyle for an A/S patrol in the central North Atlantic between 52°N / 55°N and 30°W and 34°W. Later they were ordered to patrol in the Cape Wrath / North Minches area.

In the afteroon of 19 August 1944, HMS Abelia was topped off with fuel by HMS Fencer.

In the morning of 20 August 1944, HMS Anguilla was topped off with fuel by HMS Fencer.

Around 2315B/21, HMS Fencer escorted by HMS Anguilla and HNoMS Rose set course for Loch Ewe where HMS Fencer arrived around 1630B/22.

HMS Moorsom, HMS Abelia arrived at Lough Foyle on 22 August 1944. HNoMS Acanthus arrived at Liverpool on 23 August 1944. After escorting HMS Fencer to Loch Ewe, HMS Anguilla arrived at Lough Foyle on 22 August 1944 and HNoMS Rose arrived at Liverpool on 23 August 1944. (3)

Media links


The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War

Collingwood, Donald

Sources

  1. ADM 173/19326
  2. ADM 173/19319
  3. ADM 53/119426 + ADM 199/1392

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


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