Allied Warships

HMS Kilmarnock (Z 11)

Patrol vessel of the Kil class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypePatrol vessel
ClassKil 
PennantZ 11 
Built byPullman Standard Car Co. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Apr 1943 
Launched1 Oct 1943 
Commissioned13 Nov 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned U.S.N. in December 1946.

 
Former nameUSS PCE 837

Commands listed for HMS Kilmarnock (Z 11)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Binfield Brown, RNVR13 Dec 1943Aug 1944
2T/Lt. Ivo Henry Bargrave-Deane, RNVRAug 1944

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Noteable events involving Kilmarnock include:


15 May 1944
The German submarine U-731 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic near Tangier, in position 35º54'N, 05º45'W, by depth charges from the British patrol vessel HMS Kilmarnock (T/A/Lt.Cdr. K.B. Brown, RNVR), the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Blackfly (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.P. Hughes, DSC, RNR) and 2 US Catalina aircraft (VP-63/P-12/P-1). (see map)

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