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HMS Essington (K 353)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 353 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Mar, 1943 
Launched19 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned7 Sep, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned penant number DE 67 but had not been named.

Returned to the USN on 19 October 1945. Stricken on 5 December 1945 and scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
A/Lt.Cdr. W. Lambert, RNVR
7 September 1943 – 29 September 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.A. Lampard, RNVR
29 September 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Essington include:

29 Jun, 1944
The German submarine U-988 was sunk in the English Channel west of Guernsey, in position 49º37'N, 03º41'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Essington (A/Lt.Cdr. W. Lambert, RNVR), HMS Duckworth (Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Domett (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S. Gordon, RNVR), HMS Cooke (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RD, RNR) and a Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 244/L). (see map)

14 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-618 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, in position 47º22'N, 04º39'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Duckworth (Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Essington (A/Lt.Cdr. W. Lambert, RNVR) and by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 53/G). (see map)


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