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Gore

 

A British name retained. Sir Thomas Gore, a captain in the Royal Navy, commanded HMS Triton from 1796 to 1801.

 

Herzog (DB-277) (q.v.) was renamed HMS Gore upon transfer to the United Kingdom under lend lease 14 October 1943.