| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 508 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 24 May 1943 |
| Launched | 14 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 Oct 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 79 but not named. Returned to the USN on 24 November 1945. Stricken and scrapped. |
| Former name | DE 79 |
Commands listed for HMS Byron (K 508)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Kenneth George Lisle Southcombe, RN | 31 Oct 1943 | 12 Nov 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. John Blackmore Burfield, DSC, RN | 12 Nov 1944 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Byron include:
2 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Byron (Lt. K.G.L. Southcombe, RN). (1)
27 Mar 1945
German U-boat U-722 was sunk in the North Atlantic near the Hebrides, in position 57°09'N, 06°55'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy (Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR), HMS Redmill (Lt. J.R.A. Denne, RN) and HMS Byron (Lt. J. Burfield, DSC, RN).
8 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-1001 was sunk in the Atlantic south-west of Land's End, in position 49°19'N, 10°23'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy (Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR), and HMS Byron (Lt. J. Burfield, RN).
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Sources
- ADM 173/18492
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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