Dates: 1943 - 1945
HMS Duckworth was a Captain class frigate of the Royal Navy. Built in Massachusetts USA, she was launched on 1 May 1943 as USS Gary. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 4 August 1943. Pennant number K351. Complement: 186.
In October 1943, HMS Duckworth and the Canadian corvette HMCS Kamloops together picked up 54 survivors from the American merchant Yorkmar that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-645 about 475 nautical miles south of Iceland.
HMS Duckworth was returned to the US on 17 December 1945 and scrapped in 1946.
U-Boats Sunk:
U-988 on 29 June 1944 with HMS Cooke, HMS Dommet, HMS Essington
U-618 on 14 August 1944 with HMS Essington
U-1208 on 27 February 1945 with HMS Rowley
U-399 on 26 March 1945
U-1169 on 29 March 1945 with HMS Rowley
Memorial:
On April 17, 2005 a memorial to the Captain class frigates and those that served on them was dedicated at the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, Staffordshire.
Association:
Captain Class Frigate Association
E-mail: webmaster@peter-tynan.org
Website: http://www.captainclassfrigates.co.uk/
