Allied Warships

HMS Trent (K 243)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 243 
Built byCharles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom 
Ordered 
Laid down31 Jan 1942 
Launched10 Oct 1942 
Commissioned27 Feb 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy April 1946 and renamed Kurki.

Commanding Officers:
T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Gavin Rankin, RNR
10 January 1943 – June 1945
DSC awarded on 26 January 1943

A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Alexander Woods, RNZNR
June 1945 – September 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. John Geoffrey Vesey Holt, RN
September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Commands listed for HMS Trent (K 243)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Gavin Rankin, RNR10 Jan 1943Jun 1945
2A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Alexander Woods, RNZNRJun 1945Sep 1945
3Lt. John Geoffrey Vesey Holt, RNSep 19451 Jan 1946

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Noteable events involving Trent include:


9 Oct 1943
On 9 October 1943, convoy WS.33 arrived in South Africa from the UK with reinforcements for service in Burma, the convoy consisted of 4 ships. The British frigats HMS Bann, HMS Plym, HMS Teviot and HMS Trent were responsible for providing the Anti-Submarine escort on the last leg of the passage.

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