HMS Domett

HMS Domett (K473) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II.

On 3 September 1943 she was christened by 9-year-old Carol E. Pyne, one of the youngest sponsors in the history of the Boston Navy Yard,[4] and transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.

[2] Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Domett (K473) on 3 September 1943[1] simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty.

On 29 June 1944 she joined the British frigates Cooke, 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).