| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 561 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 25 Aug 1943 |
| Launched | 31 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 24 Dec 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 96 but had not been named. Returned to the USN on 20 March 1946. Stricken on 17 April 1946 and scrapped. |
| Former name | DE 96 |
Commands listed for HMS Rupert (K 561)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Peter Claud Shipton Black, RN | 24 Dec 1943 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Rupert include:
3 Apr 1944
HMS United (Lt. N.R. Wood, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Whiteaker (Lt. G.P.W. Edwards, RN) and HMS Rupert (Lt. P.C.S. Black, 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)
30 Mar 1945
German U-boat U-965 was sunk north of Scotland, in position 58°19'N, 05°31'W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Rupert (Lt. P.C.S. Black, RN) and HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN).
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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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