Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Captain |
Pennant | K 509 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 2 Jun 1943 |
Launched | 21 Aug 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 Oct 1943 |
End service | |
History | Assigned USN penant DE 80 but not named. Returned to the USN on 26 November 1945. Stricken and scrapped. |
Former name | DE 80 |
Commands listed for HMS Conn (K 509)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Charles Douglas Theodore Williams, RN | 29 Oct 1943 | Sep 1944 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Raymond Hart, DSC, RN | Sep 1944 | Jun 1945 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Alexander Kenneth Mackelvie, RNVR | Jun 1945 | Jul 1945 |
4 | Lt. Anthony George Glanusk Vanrenen, RN | Jul 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Conn include:
4 Oct 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS La Cordeliere (Lt.Cdr. A.J.G. Barff, RNR) and HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN). (1)
11 Jan 1945
HrMs O 24 (Lt.Cdr. P.J.S. de Jong, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Deane (T/Lt.Cdr. F. Brock, RCNVR) and later with HMS Garlies (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.M.M. Stamp, RNVR), HMS Bentley (Lt.Cdr. E.G. May, DSC, RN) and HMS Gore (Lt. J.V. Reeves-Brown, DSC, RN). (2)
27 Mar 1945
German U-boat U-905 was sunk in the North Atlantic in the North Minch, in position 58°34'N, 05°46'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN).
30 Mar 1945
German U-boat U-965 was sunk north of Scotland, in position 58°19'N, 05°31'W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Rupert (Lt. P.C.S. Black, RN) and HMS Conn (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN).
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Sources
- ADM 173/19300
- File 2.12.03.6444 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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