HMS Stayner (K573)

HMS Stayner (K573) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.

Construction and transfer
The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-564 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 22 September 1943 and launched on 6 November 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 30 December 1943.

Service history
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy under the command of Lieutenant Commander Harry John Hall, DSO, DSC, RD, RNR, as the frigate HMS Stayner (K573) on 30 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. On 5 August 1944, she joined the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale (L86) in a depth charge attack which sank the German submarine U-671 in the English Channel south of Brighton, England, at 0200 hours at position 50.38333°N, 0.1°W.

The Royal Navy decommissioned Stayner later in 1945 and returned her to the U.S. Navy on 24 November 1945.

Disposal
The United States sold Stayner on 14 November 1947 for scrapping.