The second HMS Fitzroy (K553) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United...
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survey ship, later minesweeper, launched in 1919 and sunk in 1942 HMS Fitzroy (K553), a Captain-class frigate, originally a US warship, in commission...
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Beagle. Fitzroy, Falkland Islands and Port Fitzroy, New Zealand are also named after him. The World War II Captain class frigate HMS Fitzroy (K553) was named...
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duty. On 27 March 1945 she joined the British frigates HMS Byron (K508) and HMS Fitzroy (K553) in a depth charge attack which sank the German submarine...
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name since 1654. Holmes had been used once before in 1671 and Fitzroy, after Robert FitzRoy, the pioneering meteorologist, had previously been used for...
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