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HMS Braithwaite (K 468)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 468 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down10 May, 1943 
Launched31 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned13 Nov, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the USN on 13 November 1945. Stricken 21 January 1946 and scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Eric Morrison Mackay, DSC, RD, RNR
13 November 1943 – 23 July 1944

Lt.Cdr. Percival John Stoner, RN
23 July 1944 – February 1945

Cdr. Hugh William Falcon-Steward, RN
February 1945 – June 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. D. MacDonald, RNR
June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameUSS Straub DE 77

Noteable events involving Braithwaite include:

3 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-1279 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, in approximate position 61º21'N, 02º00'E, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bayntun (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Bourke, DSC, RD, RNZNR), HMS Braithwaite (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Stoner, RN) and HMS Loch Eck (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR). (see map)

14 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-989 was sunk in the Northern Sea at the Faeroe Islands, in position 61º36'N, 01º35'W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bayntun (Lt.Cdr. L.P. Bourke, DSC, RD, RNZNR), HMS Braithwaite (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Stoner, RN), HMS Loch Eck (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Freaker, DSO and Bar, DSC, RD, RNR) and HMS Loch Dunvegan (Cdr. E. Wheeler, RD, RNR). (see map)


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