Allied Warships
HMS Kempthorne (K 483)
Frigate of the Captain class
HMS Kempthorne as seen from the damaged HMS Nabob
Photograph with thanks to Dave Flowers
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 483 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 5 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 17 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 Oct 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | She was one of two warships that witnessed the German surrender at Trondheim, Norway in May 1945. Returned to the USN on 20 August 1945 while in England and commissioned into the USN on that day. She was scrapped in May 1946. |
| Former name | USS Trumpeter DE 279 |
Commands listed for HMS Kempthorne (K 483)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Alan Brown, RNR | 24 Oct 1943 | Dec 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Harry James Alfred Wilson, RN | Dec 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Kempthorne include:
11 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Bickerton (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and 2 Bars, RN), HMS Kempthorne (Lt.Cdr. A. Brown, RD, RNR) and HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, RNR). (1)
12 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Bickerton (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and 2 Bars, RN), HMS Kempthorne (Lt.Cdr. A. Brown, RD, RNR) and HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, RNR). (1)
13 Apr 1944
HMS H 28 (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Bittersweet (T/A/Lt.Cdr. F.B. Brooks-Hill, RCNVR), HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. S. Henderson, RCNR), HMCS Saskatchewan (T/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Easton, DSC, RCNR), HMCS Prince Rupert (T/Lt.Cdr. R.W. Draney, RCNR), HMS Bickerton (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) and HMS Kempthorne (Lt.Cdr. A. Brown, RD, RNR) (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/18472
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.