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HMS Rupert (K 561)

Frigate of the Captain class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassCaptain 
PennantK 561 
Built byBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Aug, 1943 
Launched31 Oct, 1943 
Commissioned24 Dec, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Assigned USN penant DE 96 but had not been named.

Returned to the USN on 20 March 1946. Stricken on 17 April 1946 and scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Peter Claud Shipton Black, RN
24 December 1943 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on 14 August 1945 

Former nameDE 96

Noteable events involving Rupert include:

30 Mar, 1945
The German submarine U-965 was sunk north of Scotland, in position 58º19'N, 05º31'W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Rupert (Lt. P.C.S. Black, RN) and HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)


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