| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 552 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 5 Jul 1943 |
| Launched | 2 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Assigned USN penant DE 87 but not named. HMS Ekins (Lt. A.R. Tandevin, RNVR) was severely damaged by a mine in the North Sea some 13 miles north-west of Ostend, Belgium on 16 April 1945, declared a total loss. HMS Ekins is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Scrapped in the Netherlands. |
| Former name | DE 87 |
Commands listed for HMS Ekins (K 552)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. George Graham Bonner-Davis, RNVR | Nov 1943 | 16 Oct 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Anthony Richard Taudevin, DSC, RNVR | 16 Oct 1944 | mid 1945 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Robert John Slater, RNVR | mid 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Ekins include:
10 Mar 1944
HMS Terrapin (Lt.Cdr. D.S.R. Martin, DSO and 2 bars, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Cooke (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RD, RNR), HMS Domett (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S. Gordon, RNVR), HMS Duckworth (Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Ekins (T/Lt. G.G. Bonner-Davies, RNVR). (1)
10 Mar 1944
HMS Clyde (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Brookes, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Duckworth (Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Ekins (T/Lt. G.G. Bonner-Davies, RNVR). (2)
11 Mar 1944
HMS Terrapin (Lt.Cdr. D.S.R. Martin, DSO and 2 bars, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Cooke (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RD, RNR), HMS Duckworth (Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Ekins (T/Lt. G.G. Bonner-Davies, RNVR). (1)
24 Apr 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. R.W. van Lynden, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Ekins (T/Lt. G.G. Bonner-Davies, RN), HMS Nasturtium (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.N. Bishop-Laggett, RNR) and HMS Abelia (A/Lt.Cdr. O.G. Stuart, RCNVR). (3)
21 Jul 1944
German U-boat U-212 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50°27'N, 00°13'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Curzon (Lt.Cdr. A. Diggins, RN) and HMS Ekins (Lt. G. Bonner-Davies, RN).
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Sources
- ADM 173/18996
- ADM 173/18460
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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