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HMS Balfour (K 464)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 464 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Apr, 1943 
Launched10 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned7 Oct, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the US on 25 Oct, 1945. Stricken and scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Cecil Dick Bluett Coventry, RNR (retired)
27 July 1943 – 10 January 1945
RD awarded on 21 September 1944
DSC awarded on ???

Cdr. Clive Gwinner, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN
10 January 1945 – June 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. John Desmond Davey, RNVR
June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameUSS McAnn DE 73

Noteable events involving Balfour include:

18 Jul, 1944
The German submarine U-672 was sunk in the English Channel north of Guernsey, in position 50º03'N, 02º30'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Balfour (Lt.Cdr. C.D.B. Coventry, RNR (retired)). (see map)


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