Allied Warships
HMS Hoste (K 566)
Frigate of the Captain class
HMS Hoste as painted by T/Lt Frank Greenaway, RNVR - photo courtesy Jeremy Greenaway.
Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Captain |
Pennant | K 566 |
Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 14 Aug 1943 |
Launched | 24 Sep 1943 |
Commissioned | 3 Dec 1943 |
End service | |
History | Assigned USN penant DE 521 but not named. First named HMS Mitchell but then renamed. Returned to the USN on 22 August 1945. Scrapped. |
Former name | USS Hoste DE 521 |
Commands listed for HMS Hoste (K 566)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Keith Burns Hopkins, DSC, RNVR | 14 Sep 1943 | Feb 1944 |
2 | Lt. Peter James Hill Hoare, RN | Feb 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Hoste include:
27 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Hoste (Lt. P.J.H. Hoare, RN) and HMS Inglis (Lt. R.S. Beveridge, RN). (1)
14 Jul 1944
Operation Mascot.
Object of the operation was to cripple the German battleship Tirpitz in the Kaa Fiord by bombing attacks.
Ships taking part in the operation were the battleship HMS Duke of York (Capt. G.H.E. Russell, CBE, DSO, RN, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral H.R. Moore, KCB, CVO, DSO, RN), aircraft carriers HMS Indefatigable (Capt. Q.D. Graham, CBE, DSO, RN), HMS Formidable (Capt. P. Ruck-Keene, CBE, RN, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral R.R. McGrigor, CB, DSO, RN), HMS Furious (Capt. G.T. Philip, DSO, DSC, RN), heavy cruisers HMS Devonshire (Capt. D.K. Bain, DSO, RN), HMS Kent (Capt. G.A.B. Hawkins, DSC, MVO, RN), light cruisers HMS Jamaica (Capt. J. Hugh-Hallett, DSO, RN), HMS Bellona (Capt. C.F.W. Norris, RN), destroyers HMS Milne (Capt. M. Richmond, DSO, OBE, RN), HMS Marne (Lt.Cdr. P.A.R. Withers, DSO, RN), HMS Matchless (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Walmsley, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Musketeer (Cdr. R.L. Fisher, OBE, DSC, RN), HMS Nubian (Lt.Cdr. T.A. Pack-Beresford, RN), HMS Scourge (Lt.Cdr. G.I.M. Balfour, RN), HMS Verulam (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomas, DSC, RN), HMS Vigilant (Lt.Cdr. L.W.L. Argles, RN), HMS Virago (Lt.Cdr. A.J.R. White, RN), HMS Volage (Cdr. L.G. Durlacher, OBE, RN), HMCS Algonquin (Lt.Cdr. D.W. Piers, DSC, RCN), HMCS Sioux (A/Lt.Cdr. E.E.G. Boak, RCN), HMS Bulldog (Lt.Cdr. C.G. Walker, RN) and the frigates HMS Burges (Lt.Cdr. H. Hill, DSC, RD, RNR), HMS Hoste (Lt. P.J.H. Hoare, RN) and HMS Inman (Lt.Cdr. P.S. Evans, RN).
On the 17th, 45 Barracuda bombers and 50 fighters took off from the carriers but they were detected early and on arriving in the target area thick smoke obscured the target and bombing was consequently ineffective. A destroyer was attacked and claimed to have been damaged by a single Barracuda and a tanker and gun positions were also attacked. Fighters also attacked secondary targets. According to German sources, besides Tirpitz the destroyers Z 29, Z 31, Z 33, Z 34 and Z 38 were present. Z 33 was damaged by own AA gunfire and Z 29 and Z 34 suffered some minor splinter damage.
A second strike was cancelled owing to thick fog.
One Corsair fighter made a forced landing.
The Force returned to Scapa Flow on the 19th.
On the 14th, before sailing, Rear-Admiral R.R. McGrigor, CB, DSO, RN, had transferred his flag from HMS Devonshire to HMS Formidable. On return to Scapa Flow the flag was transferred back. (2)
5 Dec 1944
HMS Safari (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted attack exercises for the C.O.Q.C. (Commanding Officers Qualifying Course) in the Clyde area during which HMS Walker (Lt. T.W. Lancaster, DSC, RN), HMS Deane (A/Lt.Cdr. V.A. Hickson, DSO, RN) and HMS Hoste (Lt. P.J.H. Hoare, RN) served as targets. (3)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Safari (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted attack exercises for the C.O.Q.C. (Commanding Officers Qualifying Course) in the Clyde area during which HMS Hoste (Lt. P.J.H. Hoare, RN) and HMS Milford (Cdr.(Retd.) G.G. Slade, RN) served as targets. These also included night attack exercises with HMS Hoste. (3)
Media links
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Sources
- ADM 173/19326
- ADM 53/118976 + ADM 53/119252 + ADM 53/119295 + ADM 53/119441 + ADM 53/119474 + ADM 53/119602 + ADM 53/119624 + ADM 53/119636 + ADM 199/1427
- ADM 173/18628
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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