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HMS Calder (K 349)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 349 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Dec, 1942 
Launched27 Mar, 1943 
Commissioned15 Jul, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the USN on 19 October 1945.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Arthur Denis White, RNR
March 1943 – February 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. Edward Playne, RNVR
February 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
DSC awarded on 29 May 1945
Bar to DSC awarded on 11 September 1945 

Former nameUSS Formoe DE 58

Noteable events involving Calder 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)


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