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HMS Eggesford (L 15)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type III) 
PennantL 15 
Built byJ.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Jun, 1941 
Launched12 Sep, 1942 
Commissioned21 Jan, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Eggesford was sold in 1957 to the Federal German Navy (like HMS Albrighton) where she served as the frigate Brommy F 218.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Derek William Austin, RN
4 December 1942 – 25 November 1943

Lt. G.H. Evans, RN
25 November 1943 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

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