HMS HOSTE K 566
"This is a painting Dad did of Hoste lying to anchor in a fresh breeze.
I think it's somewhere off Anglesey in North Wales, maybe the Corsewall light, but certainly,
it's blowing a good force 5 or 6. There's strong wind against tide, hence the choppy sea,
but she is tide-rode (the tide is stronger than the wind) as the anchor cable is slackish
while the wind is blowing the pennants and smoke from the stack in an opposite direction".
HMS HOSTE K 566
DE 521 Unnamed
Laid Down 14 Aug 1943
Launched 24 Sept 1943
Transferred to UK 14 Dec 1943
Named HMS MITCHELL
Renamed HMS HOSTE K-566
Returned USN 22 Aug 1945
sold for scrap 7 Jun 1946
Photo submitted by Jeremy Greenaway, son of crewmember
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