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)
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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 |
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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.
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Sources
- ADM 173/19218
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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