HMS Jed (1942)

HMS Jed was a of the Royal Navy. Jed was built by Charles Hill & Sons & Belliss & Morcom in Bristol, England for the Royal Navy. She served during World War II.
Jed was one of 151 River-class frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts, named after rivers in the United Kingdom. The ships were designed by naval engineer William Reed, of Smith's Dock Company of South Bank-on-Tees, to have the endurance and anti-submarine capabilities of the sloops, while being quick and cheap to build in civil dockyards using the machinery and construction techniques pioneered in the building of the s. Its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the Royal Navy at the time, including the Flower class.
On 19 May 1943, Jed was involved in a large-scale convoy defence against a reported 20 to 30 German U-boats. During the defense she located and together with the sloop, sank the submarine with depth charges southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland.
One month later on 14 June 1943 Jed and the sloop attacked and sunk with depth charges, southwest of Iceland in the North Atlantic.