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HMS Byard (K 315)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 315 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Oct, 1942 
Launched6 Mar, 1943 
Commissioned18 Jun, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryReturned to the USN on 12 December 1945. Later sold for scrap.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Lionel Haultain Phillips, RN
18 June 1943 – 3 January 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.M. Ferris, RNVR
3 January 1944 – 9 June 1944

A/Lt.Cdr. John Ivor Jones, DSO, DSC, RN
9 June 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Byard is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameUSS Donaldson DE 55

Noteable events involving Byard include:

17 Oct, 1943
The German submarine U-841 was sunk in the North Atlantic east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 59º57'N, 31º06'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Byard (Lt.Cdr. L.H. Phillips, RN). (see map)


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