HMS ''Drury'' was a , originally commissioned to be built for the

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as an . Before she was finished in 1942, she was transferred to the

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under the terms of

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, and saw service during the

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. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named ''Drury'', after Captain Thomas Drury, commander of in the

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in 1795.

Wartime career

She was originally to have been named HMS ''Cockburn'', but the name was changed to HMS ''Drury'' prior to her launch on 24 July 1942 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard,

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. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 12 April 1943 and spent her wartime career on anti-submarine patrols and as a convoy escort. On 21 April 1945 ''Drury'', ''Bazely'' and sank west of

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Post-War return to the United States

''Drury'' was transferred back to the US Navy on 20 August 1945 at

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. She was commissioned the same day. She departed Chatham on 28 August, joined Task Group 21.3 off

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, and the following day sailed for the States. ''Drury'' arrived at

, on 8 September and remained there at the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she was decommissioned on 22 October 1945. She was scrapped in June 1946.

References

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Drury at Uboat.net

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drury (K313) Captain-class frigates Evarts-class destroyer escorts World War II frigates of the United Kingdom Ships built in Philadelphia 1942 ships