| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 352 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 22 Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 22 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 Aug 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN on 28 August 1945. Scrapped. |
| Former name | USS Lamons DE-64 |
Commands listed for HMS Duff (K 352)
Please note that we're still working on this section.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. John Richard Bradbury, RN | 23 Aug 1943 | 17 Nov 1943 |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Frederick Brock, RCNVR | 17 Nov 1943 | 19 Aug 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Roland Allan Harry, RNVR | 19 Aug 1944 | 15 May 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Henry Brussel Bickett, RNVR | 15 May 1945 | mid 1945 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
Notable events involving Duff include:
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)
30 Nov 1944
At 0745 hours, HMS Duff (T/Lt. R.A. Harry, RNVR) is mined off Ostend, Belgium. She is badly damaged but managed to limp to Harwich. The ship was not repaired, 3 dead.
Media links
|
Sources
- ADM 173/19218
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
As an Amazon Associate uboat.net earns a commission from qualifying purchases.