CAPTAIN
CLASS FRIGATES (first group) - Ex US GMT Class |
| Bayntum (ex BDE1) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Bazely (ex BDE2) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Berry (ex BDE3) |
1943 - 1944 |
- |
| Blackwood (ex BDE4) |
1943 - 1944 |
Sunk 15th June 1944 |
| Burges (ex BDE12) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Capel (ex DE266 Wintle) |
1943 - 1944 |
Sunk 26th December 1944 |
| Cooke (ex DE267 Dempsey) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Dacres (ex DE268 Duffy) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Domett (ex DE269 Eisner) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Drury (ex Cockburn, ex BDE46) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Foley (ex DE270 Gillette) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Gardiner (ex DE274 O'Toole) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Garlies (ex DE271 Fleming) |
1943 - 1944 |
- |
| Goodall (ex DE275 Reybold) |
1943 - 1944 |
Sunk 29th April 1945 |
| Goodson (ex DE276 George) |
1943 - 1944 |
Damaged by U boat, never repaired |
| Gore (ex DE277 Herzog) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Gould (ex DE272 Lovering) |
1943 - 1944 |
Sunk 1st March 1944 |
| Grindall (ex DE273 Sanders) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Hoste (ex - Mitchell, ex DE521) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Inglis (ex DE525) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Inman (ex DE526) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Keats (ex DE278 Tisdale) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Kempthorne (ex DE279 Trumpeter) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Kingsmill (ex DE280) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Lawford (ex DE516) |
1943 - 1944 |
Sunk 8th June 1944 |
| Lawson (ex DE518) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Loring (ex DE520) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Louis (ex DE517) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Manners (ex DE523) |
1943 - 1944 |
Damaged by U boat, never repaired |
| Moorsom (ex DE522) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Mounsey (ex DE524) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| Pasley (ex Lindsay, ex DE519) |
1943 - 1944 |
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| HMS
Gardiner |
HMS Gardiner, October 1943.
A
large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright
holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price
£25. Order photograph here Order Code
XMP2869
Original
republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here
to order. Order Code MP2869 |
| HMS
Grindall |
HMS Grindall. Contributed
by Peter Locker
Captain Class (1st Group) Frigate. ex-United States GMT Class
Frigate DE273 USS Sanders. Delivered under Lend-Lease, 1943 - 44 |
| HMS
Lawson |
HMS Lawson, January 1944.
A
large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright
holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price
£25. Order photograph here Order Code
XMP2870
Original
republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here
to order. Order Code MP2870 |
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HMS Louis |
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HMS Louis, January 1944.
A
large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright
holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price
£25. Order photograph here Order Code
XMP2871
Original
republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here
to order. Order Code MP2871 |
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David Pentland Functions Page
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The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War by Donald Collingwood.
The Battle of the Atlantic was Winston Churchills area greatest of concern during the Second World War. By 1943 new tactics and technology, developed out of bitter experience, combined with the effect of long range maritime patrol aircraft were beginning to tip the balance in the Allies favour. But the dearth of modern escort vessels was still potentially disastrous; over 160 U-Boats were still at large to attack vital convoys of men and material. The Captain Class Frigates, seventy-eight sturdy, modern destroyer escorts, known affectionately by all who sailed in them as the DEs, built in the United States and leased to the Royal Navy, began to come into commission in January of that year and to fill that desperate, long felt need.
Hardback book. 208 pages. . Price £27.00
ITEM CODE BK6158
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