HMS Cubitt (K 512) of the Royal Navy - British Frigate of the Captain class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net
Allied Warships
Frigate of the Captain class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 512 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 9 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 11 Sep 1943 |
| Commissioned | 17 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 83 but not named. Returned to the USN on 4 March 1946. Stricken and scrapped. |
| Former name | DE 83 |
Commands listed for HMS Cubitt (K 512)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Notable events involving Cubitt include:
12 Feb 1944
HMS Vox (Lt. J.M. Michell, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Asphodel (T/Lt. M.A. Halliday, RNZNR), HMS Clover (Lt. T.E. Fanshawe, RNR) and HMS Cubitt (Lt. G.D. Gregory, RN). (1)
30 Mar 1944
Around 2100A/30, HMS Nelson (Capt. A.H. Maxwell-Hyslop, AM, RN) departed Greenock for Rosyth where she arrived around 1045A/1. At Rosyth she is to be taken in hand for exchanging the gun barrels of her main and secondary armament. On leaving the Clyde she is joined by the frigates HMS Cosby (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.S. Connell, RNR), HMS Cubitt (Lt. G.D. Gregory, RN) and HMS Curzon (Lt. A.A. Diggins, DSC, RN).
Around 1245A/31, the frigates HMS Byron (Lt. K.G.L. Southcombe, RN) and HMS Rutherford (Lt. J.G. Brookes, DSC, RN) also joined coming from Aultbea.
after having parted company with the battleship off Rosyth the frigates continued on towards Sheerness where they arrived on 2 April. (2)
Media links
Sources
- ADM 173/19443
- ADM 53/120126 + ADM 53/120127
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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