| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 572 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 16 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 14 Jan 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 563 but not named. Returned to the USN on 28 February 1946. Scrapped. |
| Former name | DE 563 |
Commands listed for HMS Spragge (K 572)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Gilbert Shaw Grant, RD, RNR | 3 Dec 1943 | Dec 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. William Wallace Muir, RN | Dec 1944 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Spragge include:
5 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Spragge (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Grant, RD, RNR) and HMS Stockham (T/A/Lt.Cdr. B.C. Hamilton, RNR). (1)
9 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Spragge (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Grant, RD, RNR), HMS Duff (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F. Brock, RCNVR), HMS Waldegrave (Lt. T. Hay, RN) and HMS Narborough (Lt.Cdr. W.R. Muttram, DSC, RN). (1)
25 Apr 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS Spragge (Lt.Cdr. G.S. Grant, RD, RNR), HMS Stockham (T/A/Lt.Cdr. B.C. Hamilton, RNR), HMS Rupert (Lt. P.C.S. Black, RN) and HMS Waldegrave (Lt. T. Hay, RN). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19218
- ADM 173/18697
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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