Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Captain |
Pennant | K 513 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
Laid down | 23 Jun 1943 |
Launched | 18 Sep 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 Nov 1943 |
End service | |
History | Assigned USN penant DE 84 but not named. Returned to the USN on 27 March 1946. Stricken and scrapped. |
Former name | DE 84 |
Commands listed for HMS Curzon (K 513)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Allen Augustus Diggens, DSC, RN | 20 Nov 1943 | early 1946 |
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Notable events involving Curzon include:
20 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Curzon (Lt.Cdr. A.A. Diggins, DSC, RN), HMS Byard (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.M. Ferris, RNVR) and HMS Drury (Lt. N.J. Parker, RN). (1)
21 Jul 1944
German U-boat U-212 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50°27'N, 00°13'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Curzon (Lt.Cdr. A. Diggins, RN) and HMS Ekins (Lt. G. Bonner-Davies, RN).
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Sources
- ADM 173/18492
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.