HMS Louis (K515)
Navy: | RN |
Type: | Escort Destroyer |
Class: | Captain |
Pennant: | K 515 |
Built by: | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Laid down: | 9 Jul, 1943 |
Launched: | 13 Aug, 1943 |
Commissioned: | 9 Nov, 1943 |
History: |
Assigned
USN pennant DE 517 but
not named.
Returned to the US Navy on 20 March, 1946. Scrapped. |
24 Aug, 1944 Sank the German submarine U-445 in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, France, in position 47.21N, 05.50W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Louis. |