The second HMS Louis (K515) was a frigate of the Royal Navy’s Captain class during World War II. Originally built as the United States Navy’s Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-517, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.

Construction began at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 9 July 1943. Launched on 13 August 1943, the vessel was later transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 9 November 1943.

Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Louis (K515) on the same day as her transfer, she operated in anti-submarine patrols and convoy escorts in the Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. Notably, on 24 August 1944, she sank the German submarine U-445 with depth charges west of St. Nazaire in the Bay of Biscay.

Louis was returned to the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 20 March 1946.

Subsequently, on 17 June 1946, the United States Government sold Louis to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

THE PRINT
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STERLING SILVER 925
The edition comes with a Sterling Silver anchor (with a minimum millesimal fineness of 925) which is not pierced through the print but is available on request.