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HMS Foley (K 474)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 474 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Apr, 1943 
Launched19 May, 1943 
Commissioned8 Sep, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

On 22 August 1945 she was returned to the USN at Harwich, England, and commissioned into the USN same day. Scrapped in June 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Donald Emberton Mansfield, RN
8 September 1943 – 6 January 1944

Lt.Cdr. C.A.H. Bird, RNVR
6 January 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Nasvy List

HMS Foley is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameUSS Gillette DE 270

Noteable events involving Foley include:

21 Nov, 1943
The German submarine U-538 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 45º40'N, 19º35'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Foley (Lt.Cdr. D.E. Mansfield, RN) and the British sloop HMS Crane (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Jenkins, RN). (see map)


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