HMS Cooke

HMS Cooke (K471) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II.

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Cooke (K471) on 23 August 1943[1] simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty.

On 29 June 1944 she joined the British frigates Domett, Duckworth, and Essington and a Royal Air Force Liberator aircraft of No.

244 Squadron in a depth charge attack that sank the German submarine U-988 in the English Channel west of Guernsey at 49°37′00″N 003°41′00″W / 49.61667°N 3.68333°W / 49.61667; -3.68333 (U-988 sunk).

On 26 July 1944, she sank the German submarine U-214 with depth charges in the English Channel southeast of the Eddystone Rocks in position 49°58′00″N 003°30′00″W / 49.96667°N 3.50000°W / 49.96667; -3.50000 (U-214 sunk).