HMS Kempthorne K483 (DE 279)
Evarts Class
Named after Sir J Kempthorne of the 2nd Mary Rose 1669.
- Laid Down
- 5th June 1943 at Boston Navy Yard
- Launched
- 17th July 1943
- Commissioned
- 23rd October 1943
- Date returned to US Navy
- 20th August 1945
- Fate
- Sold May 1946 broken up for scrap
- Commanding Officers
- Lt Cdr A Brown RNR October 1943
Lt H.J.Wilson RN December 1944
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