Allied Warships

HMS Test (K 239)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 239 
Built byHall, Russell & Co. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Aug 1941 
Launched30 May 1942 
Commissioned12 Oct 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy May 1946.
Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1947.
Scrapped on 25 February 1955.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Frank Bentley Collinson, RD, RNR (retired)
1 October 1942 – 5 May 1945
DSO awarded on 30 November 1943

A/Cdr. Thomas Stanley Lane Fox-Pitt, OBE, RN (retired)
5 May 1945 – 21 September 1945

Lt. Patrick Nicholas Joyce, RN
21 September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Test (K 239)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. (retired) Frank Bentley Collinson, RD, RNR1 Oct 19425 May 1945
2A/Cdr. (retired) Thomas Stanley Lane Fox-Pitt, OBE, RN5 May 194521 Sep 1945
3Lt. Patrick Nicholas Joyce, RN21 Sep 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Test include:


26 May 1943
The German submarine U-436 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 43º49'N, 15º56'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Test (Lt.Cdr. F.B. Collinson, RN (retired)) and the corvette HMS Hyderabad (T/Lt. T. Cooper, RNR).

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