Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower (rev.) |
Pennant | K 279 |
Built by | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. (Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) |
Ordered | 6 Oct 1941 |
Laid down | |
Launched | 31 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 31 May 1943 |
End service | |
History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. |
Former name | USS Beacon |
Commands listed for HMS Dittany (K 279)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. William Proctor Page, RNR | Early 1943 | 23 Aug 1943 |
2 | T/Lt. Stanley William Lock, RNVR | 23 Aug 1943 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dittany include:
4 Oct 1943
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSC, RN) shifted from Rothesay to Larne. She was escorted by HMS Dittany (T/Lt. S.W. Lock, RNVR). (1)
11 Feb 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dittany (T/Lt. S.W. Lock, RNVR) and HMS Gateshead (T/Lt. R.B. Hughes, RNVR). (2)
12 Feb 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Dittany (T/Lt. S.W. Lock, RNVR) and HMS Gateshead (T/Lt. R.B. Hughes, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/18449
- File 2.12.03.6384 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.