| Navy: | RN |
| Type: | Escort Destroyer |
| Class: | Captain |
| Pennant: | K 554 |
| Built by: | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down: | 14 Jul, 1943 |
| Launched: | 2 Oct, 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 Nov, 1943 |
| History: | |
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On 27 April 1945 HMS Redmill
(Lt. J. Denne, RN) was torpedoed by the German submarine U-1105 west of
Ireland in position 54.23N, 10.36W. She was hit by a Gnat torpedo and had 60
feet of her stern missing. She was towed to Lisahally and declared a total
loss. Returned to the US Navy on 20 January 1947 and scrapped.
Assigned USN pennant DE 89 but not named. Hit by U-boat
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