HMS Barbados (K504)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Halsted and HMS Barbados.
HMS Barbados was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Halsted (PF-76) – sometimes spelled Halstead – and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.
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United States | |
Name | USS Halsted (PG-184) |
Namesake | Royal Navy Captain Sir Lawrence Halsted (1764-1841), commanding officer of HMS Namur at the Battle of Cape Ortegal in 1805 (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom) |
Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-76, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
Laid down | 11 May 1943[1] |
Renamed | Barbados, 1943 |
Namesake | Barbados (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom) |
Launched | 27 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Anna M. Pacheco |
Commissioned | never |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 18 December 1943 |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 15 April 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 30 October 1947 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Barbados |
Namesake | Barbados |
Acquired | 18 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 18 December 1943[1] |
Identification | Pennant number: K504 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 15 April 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate |
Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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