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HMS Drury (K 316)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 316 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Feb, 1942 
Launched24 Jul, 1942 
Commissioned12 Apr, 1943 
End service20 Aug, 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the USN on 20 August 1945 and commissioned by them on the same day.
Decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 22 October 1945.
Scrapped in June 1946.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Norman John Parker, RN
12 April 1943 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Drury is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameDE 46
Career notesReturned to the United States Navy and served as USS Drury

Noteable events involving Drury include:

23 Nov, 1943
The German submarine U-648 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 42º40'N, 20º37'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bazely (Lt.Cdr. J.V. Brock, RCNVR), HMS Blackwood (Cdr. E. Chavasse, RN) and HMS Drury (Lt.Cdr. N.J. Parker, RN). (see map)

21 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-636 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, in position 55º50'N, 10º31'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bazely (A/Lt.Cdr. J.W. Cooper, DSC, RNR), HMS Drury (Lt.Cdr. N.J. Parker, RN) and HMS Bentinck (A/Lt.Cdr. P.R.G. Worth, RN). (see map)


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