| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 581 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Oct 1943 |
| Launched | 19 Dec 1943 |
| Commissioned | 31 Jan 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 572 but not named. Returned to the USN on 3 December 1945. Sold for scrap in October 1947. |
| Former name | DE 572 |
Commands listed for HMS Holmes (K 581)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. David Brian Gladstone Dumas, RN | Mar 1944 | 10 Sep 1944 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Patrick Spencer Boyle, RNVR | 10 Sep 1944 | 18 Sep 1945 |
| 3 | Lt. Dudley Leslie Davenport, RN | 18 Sep 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Holmes include:
8 Mar 1945
The British merchant Lornaston is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-275 in the English Channel in position 50°35'N, 00°30'W. The British frigate HMS Holmes (T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.S. Boyle, RNVR) and the British tug HMS Palencia together pick up 48 survivors.
14 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) and HMS Pytchley (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.R. Clarke, DSC and Bar, RNVR). (1)
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). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/20194
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.