HMS Blackwood K313 (DE 4)
Evarts Class
Named after Captain H Blackwood of the Euryalus at Trafalgar.
- Laid Down
- 22nd September 1942 at Boston Navy Yard
- Launched
- 23rd November 1942
- Commissioned
- 27th March 1943
- Date returned to US Navy
- Not returned.
- Fate
- Torpedoed by U 764 North West of Cap de la Hague on 15th June 1944, the fore part of the ship was blown off and sank, the hulk sank under tow south of Portland. 57 members of the crew were killed.
- Commanding Officers
- Commanding Officers Commander E Chavasse RN October 1943
Lt Cdr L T Sly RNR January 1944
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