| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Colony |
| Pennant | K 591 |
| Built by | Walsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jun 1943 |
| Laid down | 28 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 25 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 7 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN 22 May 1946. HMS Sarawak is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Sarawak (K 591)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Eric Hope Lynes, RD, RNR | Feb 1944 | Apr 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Merrick Rayner, RD, RNR | Apr 1944 | 15 Mar 1945 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Francis Harden Gray, RD, RNR | 15 Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Sarawak include:
12 Oct 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Tortola (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.C.L. Payne, RNVR), HMS Sarawak (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Rayner, RD, RNR) and HMS Bahamas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomson, RNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19300
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.