HMS Rowley
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HMS Rowley was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.
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Name | Unnamed (DE-92) |
Ordered | 10 January 1942[1] |
Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 18 August 1943[2] |
Launched | 30 October 1943[2] |
Completed | 22 December 1943[2] |
Commissioned | Never |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 22 December 1943[2] |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 12 November 1945[2] |
Stricken | 8 January 1946[2] |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 14 June 1946[2] |
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Name | HMS Rowley (K560) |
Namesake | Vice Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley (1734-1790), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Montagu during the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759[3] |
Acquired | 22 December 1943[2] |
Commissioned | 22 December 1943[1] |
Decommissioned | late 1945[1] |
Identification | Pennant number K560 |
Fate | Returned to United States 12 November 1945[2] |
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Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36.75 ft (11.2 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Range | 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 186 |
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