HMS Cosby, February 1944.

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HMS Curzon. Contributed by  Peter Locker

HMS Duckworth. Contributed by  Peter Locker

HMS Duckworth, January 1944.

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HMS Ekins. Contributed by Peter Locker

HMS Ekins, January 1944.

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HMS Fitzroy, February 1944.

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HMS Halsted, January 1944.

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HMS Hargood.

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HMS Hotham, March 1944.

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Stoker 1st Class C/KX 117336 Tom Fraser served on the Warspite as a Stoker from early 1941 until Feb. 1943, when he was transferred to HMS Resolution; he was then transferred to HMS Redmill, a Captain Class escort frigate, in November 1943. The Redmill was torpedoed in the Atlantic on April 27^th 1945; Stoker 1st Class C/KX 117336 was one of the 24 (?) fatalities, exactly a month before his 25^th birthday and 10 days before the end of hostilities in Europe.

HMS Riou, April 1944.

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HMS Rutherford. Contributed by Don Butler

HMS Stockham, 1943.

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HMS Thornborough. Contributed by Don Butler.

HMS Torrington, March 1944.

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HMS Trollope, February 1944.

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TOM FRASER..   My Uncle (Stoker 1st Class C/KX 117336 Tom Fraser, my Dad’s brother), served on Captain Class Frigate HMS Redmill as a Stoker (Engineer) from November 1943 until April 1945, after being transferred from HMS Resolution when the latter was mothballed in summer 1943. During Autumn 1943 he was retraining to operate Diesel electric engines at Eastbourne college. I recently discovered the collection of 88 well-written wartime letters he wrote to his family at home in Burnley, Lancs. Many were written from the Redmill. He was killed on April 27th 1945, exactly a month before his 25th birthday and 10 days before the end of hostilities in Europe, when the Redmill was torpedoed in the Atlantic. I aim to annotate the letters and publish them as a book. If you have any memories of my uncle Tom, please get in touch.  Contact Here

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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