| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 478 |
| Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 25 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 20 May 1943 |
| Launched | 8 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 28 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | HMS Gardiner is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Returned to the USN at Boston on 12 February 1946. Scrapped in June 1947. |
| Former name | USS O'Toole DE 274 |
Commands listed for HMS Gardiner (K 478)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Sydney Hopper, DSC, RN | 28 Sep 1943 | Jan 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. William George Howe Bolton, DSC, RNR | Jan 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Gardiner include:
29 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMCS Edmundston (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.D. Barrett, RCNR), HMS Mourne (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Holland, RD, RNR), HMS Gentian (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.W.C. Dempster, RNVR), HMS Gardiner (Lt. W.G.H. Bolton, DSC, RNR), HMS Clematis (T/Lt. R.H. Farrands, DSC, RNR) and one other vessel [unable to read the name in the log of HMS H 34]. (1)
21 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Hesperus (Cdr. G.V. Legassick, RD, RNR) and HMS Gardiner (Lt. W.G.H. Bolton, DSC, RNR). (2)
22 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Hesperus (Cdr. G.V. Legassick, RD, RNR), HMS Gardiner (Lt. W.G.H. Bolton, DSC, RNR) and aircraft. (2)
11 Jul 1944
HMS Spark (Lt. D.G. Kent, RN) conducted A/S exercises of Larne with HMS Gardiner (A/Lt.Cdr. W.G.H. Bolton, DSC, RD, RNR) and HMS Bamborough Castle (T/Lt. M.S. Work, DSC and Bar, RNR). (3)
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Sources
- ADM 173/18492
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/18773
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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