Frigate of the Captain class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 573 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 22 Sep, 1943 |
| Launched | 6 Nov, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 Jan, 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Assigned USN penant DE 564 but not named.
Returned to the USN on 24 November 1946. Scrapped.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Harry John Hall, DSO, DSC, RD, RNR
30 December 1943 – 2 September 1944
Lt. Alan Vincent Turner, RNVR
2 September 1944 – June 1945
DSC awarded on 19 December 1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.A. Clarke, RNVR
June 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Former name | DE 564 |
| Noteable events involving Stayner include: 5 Aug, 1944
The German submarine U-671 was sunk at 0200hrs on 5 Aug 1944 in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50º23'N, 00º06'E, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Stayner (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Hall, DSO, DSC, RNR) and the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR). (see map) |
