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HMS Garlies (K 475)

Frigate of the Captain class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	Captain
Pennant	K 475
Built by	Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	7 Apr, 1943
Launched	19 May, 1943
Commissioned	13 Sep, 1943
End service
Loss position

History	Returned to the US on 20 August 1945 at Chatham, England, and commissioned into the USN as Garlies (DE-271) the same day. Commanding Officers: Lt. Reginald Lacey Calpe, DSC, RN 20 September 1943 – 16 October 1944 Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on ??? T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.M.M. Stamp, RNVR 16 October 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List HMS Garlies is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List
Former name	USS Fleming DE 271

Noteable events involving Garlies include:

1 Mar, 1944
The German submarine U-358 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 45º46'N, 23º16'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Gould, HMS Affleck, HMS Gore and HMS Garlies. (see map)