Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Colony |
Pennant | K 589 |
Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
Laid down | 14 Sep 1943 |
Launched | 15 Oct 1943 |
Commissioned | 7 Jul 1944 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 11 June 1946. |
Former name | USS Pilford PF-85 |
Commands listed for HMS Pitcairn (K 589)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. William Horace Clifton Wood-Roe, RD, RNR | 7 Jul 1944 | 28 Feb 1945 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Walter Laurcence Smith, RNR | 28 Feb 1945 | 15 Oct 1945 |
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