Allied Warships

HMS Anguilla (K 500)

Frigate of the Colony class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassColony 
PennantK 500 
Built byWalsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) 
Ordered10 Jun 1943 
Laid down1 Apr 1943 
Launched14 Jul 1943 
Commissioned15 Oct 1943 
End service 
History

Returned to the US on 31 May, 1946.

 
Former nameUSS Hallowell PF-72

Commands listed for HMS Anguilla (K 500)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Christopher Morrison-Payne, RNVR8 Jul 194319 May 1945
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Douglas Cameron Williams, RNVR19 May 194518 Mar 1946

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Notable events involving Anguilla include:


3 Mar 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR). (1)

4 Mar 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR). (1)

14 Mar 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Tavy (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F. Ardern, RNR), HMS Swale (Lt.Cdr. J. Jackson, DSC, RNR), HMS Starwort (Lt. A.H. Kent, RNR), HMS Geranium (T/Lt. G. Wallace, RNR), HMS Londonderry (Lt.Cdr. L.B. Philpott, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Louis (A/Lt.Cdr. R. Johnston, RNR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and HMS Petunia (Lt. R.M. Roberts, RNR). (1)

17 Aug 1944
Around 0600B/17, 'Force 32', made up of the escort carrier HMS Fencer (A/Capt. W.W.R. Bentinck, OBE, RN), frigates HMS Moorsom (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Stewart, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and the corvettes HMS Abelia (T/Lt. D.S. Hutton, RNR), HNoMS Acanthus (?) and HNoMS Rose departed Loch Foyle for an A/S patrol in the central North Atlantic between 52°N / 55°N and 30°W and 34°W. Later they were ordered to patrol in the Cape Wrath / North Minches area.

In the afteroon of 19 August 1944, HMS Abelia was topped off with fuel by HMS Fencer.

In the morning of 20 August 1944, HMS Anguilla was topped off with fuel by HMS Fencer.

Around 2315B/21, HMS Fencer escorted by HMS Anguilla and HNoMS Rose set course for Loch Ewe where HMS Fencer arrived around 1630B/22.

HMS Moorsom, HMS Abelia arrived at Lough Foyle on 22 August 1944. HNoMS Acanthus arrived at Liverpool on 23 August 1944. After escorting HMS Fencer to Loch Ewe, HMS Anguilla arrived at Lough Foyle on 22 August 1944 and HNoMS Rose arrived at Liverpool on 23 August 1944. (2)

29 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-286 was sunk in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Russia, in position 69°29'N, 33°37'E, by the British frigates HMS Loch Insh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, DSC, RNVR), HMS Anguilla (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C. Morrison-Payne, RNVR) and HMS Cotton (Lt.Cdr. I.W.T. Beloe, RN).

Sources

  1. File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
  2. ADM 53/119426 + ADM 199/1392

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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