| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Colony |
| Pennant | K 590 |
| Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
| Laid down | 22 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 20 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 19 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN on 8 April 1946. HMS St. Helena is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | USS Pasley PF-86 |
Commands listed for HMS St. Helena (K 590)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Ralph Eric Baldwin-Wiseman, RD, RNR | Feb 1944 | 12 Jun 1944 | |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Godfrey Pardoe-Matthews, RNR | 21 Dec 1944 | mid 1945 | |
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Notable events involving St. Helena include:
27 Dec 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Eday (T/Lt. G.G. Chisholm, RNVR), HMS Imperialist (T/Lt. L.G.H. Mole, RNVR), HMS Loch Craggie (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.L.L. Davies, RNVR) and HMS St. Helena (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR). (1)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Vitality (Lt. K.S. Renshaw, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS St. Helena (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR), HMS Seabear (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.R. Patton, RNVR), HMS Snowdrop (Lt. J.B. Hogg, RNR) and HMS Eday (T/Lt. G.G. Chisholm, RNVR). (1)
3 Feb 1945
Around 1400A/3, the new aircraft maintenance carrier Pioneer (Capt. H.S. Murray-Smith, RN) departed Birkenhead for Rosyth. During the passage she was escorted by the frigates HMS Tavy (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Williams, DSC and 2 Bars, RN) and HMS St. Helena (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR).
The carrier arrived at Rosyth around 1430A/5. On arrival D/G trials were carried out. (2)
6 Apr 1945
HMS Vulpine (Lt. W.D.S. Scott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Shemara (Cdr.(Retd.) H. Buckle, RN) and HMS Fowey (A/Lt.Cdr. G.E. Newey, RNR), HMS St. Helena (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR), HMSAS Good Hope (T/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Dryden-Dymond, SANF(V)) and HMS Perim (Lt. A.H. Kent, DSC, RD, RNR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/19424
- ADM 53/121991
- ADM 173/20363
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.