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HMS Bentinck (K 314)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 314 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Jun, 1942 
Launched3 Feb, 1943 
Commissioned19 May, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 52.

Returned to the USN on 5 January 1946. Later sold for scrap. Sold to Taiwan 26 May 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Henry Joseph Rawle Paramore, RN
April 1943 – 12 September 1943

Cdr. Evelyn Henry Chavasse, DSO, DSC, RN
12 September 1943 – 10 July 1944

Cdr. Robert Cecil Somers Garwood, RN
10 July 1944 – February 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. Peter Reginald George Worth, RN
February 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
DSC awarded on 11 September 1945 

Former nameUSS Bull DE-52

Noteable events involving Bentinck include:

26 Jan, 1945
The German submarine U-1051 was sunk in the Irish Sea south of the Isle of Man, in position 53º39'N, 05º23'W, by ramming and depth charges from the British frigates HMS Aylmer (Lt. A.D.B. Campbell, RN), HMS Calder (Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, DSC, RNVR), HMS Bentinck (Cdr. R.C.S. Garwood, RN) and HMS Manners (A/Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, DSO, RN). (see map)

8 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-774 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49º58'N, 11º51'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Calder (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, DSC, RNVR) and HMS Bentinck (A/Lt.Cdr. P.R.G. Worth, 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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